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Configuration Audit

What is Configuration Audit?

An examination of system configurations to verify they comply with security baselines, standards, and organizational requirements.

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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

What is Configuration Audit?
An examination of system configurations to verify they comply with security baselines, standards, and organizational requirements.
Why is Configuration Audit important for compliance?
Configuration Audit is a key concept in Audit and Assurance. Understanding configuration audit helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Configuration Audit?
Configuration Audit appears in the requirement text of ISO 10007:2017, FFIEC IT Examination Handbook, ISO/IEC 23837:2023, NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Configuration Audit?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how configuration audit applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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