baseline configuration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000394",
  "term": "baseline configuration",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. 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.\n\n2. 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.\n\n3. 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.\n\n4. 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.\n\n5. See Baseline Configuration.\n\n6. 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.\n\n7. 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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Configuration Baseline"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-172A [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-171r3",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-128",
    "NIST SP 800-128; NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 from NIST SP 800-128 (adapted); NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 from NIST SP 800-128 (Adapted); NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 1 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-172 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-172r3",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/baseline-configuration/"
}