Overview
  1. 03.01: Access Control
  2. 03.02: Awareness and Training
  3. 03.03: Audit and Accountability
  4. 03.04: Configuration Management
  5. 03.05: Identification and Authentication
  6. 03.06: Incident Response
  7. 03.07: Maintenance
  8. 03.08: Media Protection
  9. 03.09: Personnel Security
  10. 03.10: Physical Protection
  11. 03.11: Risk Assessment
  12. 03.12: Security Assessment and Monitoring
  13. 03.13: System and Communications Protection
  14. 03.14: System and Information Integrity
  15. 03.15: Planning
  16. 03.16: System and Services Acquisition
  17. 03.17: Supply Chain Risk Management

Security Requirements for 03.04.03 Configuration Change Control

Configuration change control refers to tracking, reviewing, approving or disapproving, and logging changes to the system. Specifically, it involves the systematic proposal, justification, implementation, testing, review, and disposition of changes to the system, including system upgrades and modifications. Configuration change control includes changes to baseline configurations for system components (e.g., operating systems, applications, firewalls, routers, mobile devices) and configuration items of the system, changes to configuration settings, unscheduled and unauthorized changes, and changes to remediate vulnerabilities. This requirement is related to 03.04.04.

Evidence

  1. 03.04.03.a

    Define the types of changes to the system that are configuration-controlled.

  1. 03.04.03.b

    Review proposed configuration-controlled changes to the system, and approve or disapprove such changes with explicit consideration for security impacts.

  1. 03.04.03.c

    Implement and document approved configuration-controlled changes to the system.

  1. 03.04.03.d

    Monitor and review activities associated with configuration-controlled changes to the system.