Configuration Management Policy
Defines how Your Organization establishes, hardens, and maintains secure baseline configurations for information systems — covering baselining, change control, least functionality, and unauthorized software prevention.
Maps to CMMC Level 2 CM.L2-3.4.1 · CMMC Level 2 CM.L2-3.4.2 · CMMC Level 2 CM.L2-3.4.6
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Purpose
Unmanaged or inconsistently configured systems are one of the most common paths to compromise. This policy defines how Your Organization establishes, documents, hardens, and maintains secure baseline configurations for its information systems, and how changes to those baselines are controlled over the system lifecycle.
Scope
This policy applies to all Your Organization information systems that store, process, or transmit company or customer data, including servers, endpoints, network devices, containers, cloud infrastructure, and the software images and templates used to provision them. It applies to IT Operations, Engineering, and any workforce member who provisions or administers infrastructure.
7 more sections in the full template
Baseline configurations · Least functionality · Configuration enforcement and drift detection · Change control for configuration · User-installed software · Roles and responsibilities · Review cadence. Download the full document above, or open it in CMDash to fill in your organization name and effective date automatically.
Use this policy for real, not just on paper
“Open in CMDash” pre-selects the Configuration Management Policy template the first time you create a policy — your organization name and today’s date fill in automatically, and it lands as a DRAFT you can edit before publishing.