Configuration Audit
What is Configuration Audit?
An examination of system configurations to verify they comply with security baselines, standards, and organizational requirements.
Frameworks that govern configuration audit
What the standards actually require on configuration audit
Requirements naming configuration audit across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.
Configuration audits should be carried out following documented information, to establish whether a product or service meets its requirements and matches its configuration information.
iso-10007-2017::5.6 · Configuration audit →The institution uses standard builds that apply one documented configuration to many computers in a controlled way, simplifying inventories, patching, disaster restoration, investigation of anomalies and configuration audit, and documents and approves any nons...
ffiec-it-examination-handbook::IS-II.C.10(c) · II.C.10(c) Standard Builds (Information Security) →An access control policy covers the listed subjects, objects and operations of the module, such as operators and the configuration, audit and key objects.
iso-iec-23837-2023::1-9.2.5 · Part 1, 9.2.5 FDP_ACC.1 Subset access control →The Supplier runs all five configuration management functions (planning, identifying configuration items, controlling changes, accounting for configuration status and auditing configuration) to ACMP 2100 (the NATO configuration management contractual requireme...
nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.1.2.1 · 5.4.1.2.1 Manage configuration to ACMP 2100 across planning, identification, change control, status accounting and audit →Questions people ask about configuration audit
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