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 4 standards, quoted from the control text.
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 →Maintain records of configuration item status, change history, and current baselines.
IEC62304-8.3 · Configuration Status Accounting →Requires a configuration management plan for the system that sets out roles, responsibilities and processes, establishes how configuration items are identified and managed across the development life cycle, names the configuration items placed under management...
NIST800-CM-9 · Configuration management plan →Identify, control, and report configuration items and their baselines throughout the product lifecycle.
SUP.8 · Configuration Management →Questions people ask about configuration item
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