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TITLE: Configuration Management compliance template
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SUMMARY: Configuration Management Excel-based smart compliance template (RCM/ICQ/SAQ) – NIST 800-53
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KEYWORDS: Configuration Management compliance template
SOURCE URL: https://grcplaybook.com/configuration-management
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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
  * Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations


### Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations


# CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

The CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT Playbook addresses the following areas:

  * Policy and Procedures
  * Baseline Configuration
  * Configuration Change Control
  * Impact Analyses
  * Access Restrictions for Change
  * Configuration Settings
  * Least Functionality

The CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT Playbook is included in the Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations (NIST 80-53) Library which has been developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce's  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).  It establishes controls for systems and organizations. The controls can be implemented within any organization or system that processes, stores, or transmits information.


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