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Baseline Continuous Improvement

The organization shall drive ongoing enhancement of secure configuration baselines through a continuous improvement process. The process shall use inputs from baseline reviews, validation results, incident analysis, and best practice benchmarking to identify, implement, and measure improvements.

Requirement ID
CFG-001-R010
Parent Control
CFG-001
Domain Code
CFG

Requirement Details & Guidance

CFG-001-R010 · CFG-001
Why This Requirement Exists

Configuration governance establishes ownership, approved standards, review requirements, and accountability for secure configurations.

Implementation Guidance

Define scope, owners, approval authorities, review cadence, evidence requirements, and links to change, risk, compliance, and exception processes.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

CFG-001-R010 · Field Guidance

Business Examples

    Common Audit Findings

      Common Mistakes

        Best Practices & Ownership

        CFG-001 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 04 – Secure Configuration of Enterprise Assets and Software: 4.1 – Establish and Maintain a Secure Configuration Process
          CIS
          Best Practice
          		 vv8 View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.3 – Build, Acquire and Implement (BAI) > BAI10 – Managed Configuration > BAI10.02 – Establish and maintain a configuration repository and baseline. 4.3 – Build, Acquire and Implement (BAI) > BAI10 – Managed Configuration > BAI10.03 – Maintain and control configuration items.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          		 v2019 View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 9(2) – ICT security policies, procedures, protocols and tools for resilience and data security
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 32(1) – Security of processing; Article 32(1)(d) – Testing, assessing and evaluating security measures
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement... Clause: § 164.312(c) Standard: Configuration management
          US
          Law
          		 vCurrent View →
          ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 10.1 – Continual improvement
          ISO
          Standard
          		 v2022 View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 8.9 – Configuration management
          ISO
          Standard
          		 v2022 View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(e) – Security in network and information systems acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling and disclosure
          EU
          Directive
          		 vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.PS – Platform Security | PR.PS-01 – Configuration management practices are established and applied
          NIST
          Framework
          		 v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.5 – CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; CM-2 – BASELINE CONFIGURATION
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          		 vRev. 5 View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Application Security – Hardening and Patching
          India
          Standard
          		 vLatest View →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 2.2.1 – Configuration standards are developed,; 2.2.4 – Only necessary services, protocols, daemons,; 2.2.6 – System security parameters are configured to
          PCI
          Standard
          		 v4 View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 5) Secure Configuration – 5.1 Baseline security requirements/configurations across device categories and lifecycle, with periodic review
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.4 PR.IP: Information Protection Processes and Procedures
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC5.2 – Control Activities – COSO Principle 11: The entity also selects and develops general control activities over technology to support the achievement of objectives. CC7.1 – System Operations – To meet its objectives, the entity uses detection and monitoring procedures to identify (1) changes to configurations that result in the introduction of new vulnerabilities, and (2) susceptibilities to newly discovered vulnerabilities. CC4.1 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 16: The entity selects, develops, and performs ongoing and/or separate evaluations to ascertain whether the components of internal control are present and functioning. CC4.2 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 17: The entity evaluates and communicates internal control deficiencies in a timely manner to those parties responsible for taking corrective action, including senior management and the board of directors, as appropriate.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          		 vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Secure Configuration Management (CFG)
          Purpose:
          To enforce secure configurations for all systems and applications.
          Scope:
          Enterprise
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          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Secure Configuration Baseline (CFG-001)
          Summary:
          Establishes secure configuration baselines including definition, approval, documentation, distribution, maintenance, validation, and reporting for enterprise technology assets.
          Business Description:
          Establish, maintain, and govern secure configuration baselines for systems, applications, databases, network devices, endpoints, and cloud resources.
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