Baseline
What is Baseline?
A minimum set of security controls or configurations established as a starting point. Baselines can be tailored based on an organisation's risk profile and operating environment.
Terms that appear alongside baseline
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as baseline. The number is how many controls name both.
- nist 37 shared controls
- cybersecurity 32 shared controls
- audit 29 shared controls
- configuration management 29 shared controls
- integrity 28 shared controls
- encryption 22 shared controls
- fedramp 21 shared controls
- access control 19 shared controls
Frameworks that govern baseline
What the standards actually require on baseline
Requirements naming baseline across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Develop, document, and maintain an approved baseline configuration of the information system as a basis for future builds and changes.
SP800-128-BASELINE · Baseline Configuration →Requires selection and justification of the most reasonable baseline scenario representing what would occur without the GHG project.
ISO-14064-2-5.4 · Baseline scenario selection →Baseline Tailoring. Tailor the selected control baseline by applying specified tailoring actions
PL-11 · Baseline Tailoring. Tailor the selected control baseline by applying specified tailoring actions →FedRAMP defines four baselines based on FIPS 199 system impact level: (a) LI-SAAS (Low Impact SaaS) - low-impact SaaS with no sensitive data + 156 controls + accelerated authorization path; (b) LOW (Low Impact) - 156 controls;
FedRAMP-Baselines · FedRAMP Baseline Selection (Low, Moderate, High, LI-SaaS) and Control Overlay Parameters →Baseline Tailoring. Tailor the selected control baseline by applying specified tailoring actions
PL-11 · Baseline Tailoring. Tailor the selected control baseline by applying specified tailoring actions →Record a configuration baseline for every authorised change, so the approved state of each asset is known.
CCM-CCC-06 · Change Management Baseline →Questions people ask about baseline
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