Configuration Item
What is Configuration Item?
A component of IT infrastructure that needs to be managed to deliver services, tracked and maintained through configuration management.
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What the standards actually require on configuration item
Requirements naming configuration item across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
The repository of configuration items is kept current by recording every configuration change in it: changes to CIs are identified regularly, proposed changes are reviewed against the baseline for completeness and accuracy, configuration details are updated on...
cobit-2019::BAI10.03 · BAI10.03 Maintain and control configuration items →The manufacturer plans for configuration items to be brought under documented configuration control before verification takes place. Applies to classes B and C.
iec-62304-2015-medical-device-software-lifecycle-processes::5.1.11 · 5.1.11 Software configuration item control before verification →Define the properties needed to modify and control the configuration items, for single items or groups, such as a status model (under work, tested, released), storage location and access rights, implemented as item attributes.
automotive-spice-aspice-v4-1-process-assessment-model::SUP.8.BP2 · SUP.8.BP2 Define the configuration item properties →The configuration items chosen, and how they relate, should reflect the product structure or the service capability. Items should be picked using set criteria, choosing entities that allow their functional and physical characteristics to be controlled on their...
iso-10007-2017::5.3.1 · Product structure or service capability and selection of configuration items →Identify the configuration items, the system components placed under configuration management and treated as a single entity for control.
SP800-128-CONFIG-ITEMS · Configuration Items →Each configuration item and its components are uniquely identified. Table A-8 objective 1, described in 7.1.a; applies at levels A, B, C, D, no independence required; activities 7.2.1; outputs SCM Records.
do-178c-ed-12c-software-considerations-in-airborne-systems::A-8.1 · Configuration items identified →Questions people ask about configuration item
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