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Configuration Management is a systematic approach to identifying, controlling, and maintaining configuration items throughout their lifecycle. This method helps organizations manage systems efficiently and control changes effectively.
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Configuration management keeps a product's technical attributes consistent, traceable and controllably changeable throughout its life cycle.
Configuration management became a formal discipline in product and software development. Susan Katz documented core concepts in a 1991 NIST report; NIST SP 800-128 applies them to security-focused system configuration.
Keep a dependable map for each system: its baseline, approved changes and current state must line up at all times.
Identities, versions, baselines and changes are controlled and traceable.
Inventory, change control and deviation review protect systems from unnoticed drift.
Configuration management provides transparency and prevents unplanned changes from undermining system integrity.
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