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baseline configuration

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Configuration Baseline

Definitions:

  A documented set of specifications for an information system, or a configuration item within a system, that has been formally reviewed and agreed on at a given point in time, and which can be changed only through change control procedures.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015

  A set of specifications for a system, or Configuration Item (CI) within a system, that has been formally reviewed and agreed on at a given point in time, and which can be changed only through change control procedures. The baseline configuration is used as a basis for future builds, releases, and/or changes.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-128 under Baseline Configuration

  See Baseline Configuration.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-128 under Configuration Baseline

  A documented set of specifications for a system, or a configuration item within a system, that has been formally reviewed and agreed on at a given point in time, and which can be changed only through change control procedures.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-128
NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 from NIST SP 800-128 - adapted
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 from NIST SP 800-128 - Adapted

  A documented set of specifications for a system or a configuration item within a system that has been formally reviewed and agreed on at a given point in time and which can be changed only through change control procedures.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-172

  A documented set of specifications for a system or a configuration item within a system that has been formally reviewed and agreed on at a given point in time and which can only be changed through change control procedures.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-172A

  A documented set of specifications for a system or a configuration item within a system that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon at a given point in time, and that can only be changed through change control procedures.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-171r3