Find Resources & Connect with members on topics that interest you.

AI - Acquire and Implement

PO - Plan and Organize

DS - Deliver and Support

Please sign in to see your topics.

You must be logged in to join this group.

DS9.1 - Configuration Repository and Baseline

This topic is intended to enable collaboration and sharing of information to facilitate a better understanding and approach to implementing this COBIT control objective based on the risk, value and guidance provided by its corresponding control practices.

COBIT Control Objective DS9.1 - Configuration Repository and Baseline is contained within Process Popup Manage the Configuration.

Learn more about COBIT and related publications.

Click “Join This Community” to be able to actively participate in discussions and contribute content. You must be an ISACA member to join this topic. Join ISACA now.

 
This Topic Has:
2 Members
0 Online
809 Visits

 Recent Discussions

Community Leader

Knowledge Center Manager

Knowledge Center Manager

Title: Become a Topic Leader!

Points: 3


Configuration Repository and Baseline

Establish a supporting tool and a central repository to contain all relevant information on configuration items. Monitor and record all assets and changes to assets. Maintain a baseline of configuration items for every system and service as a checkpoint to which to return after changes.

View value and Risk Drivers  help

Hide value and Risk Drivers help


Value Drivers

  • Hardware and software planned effectively to maintain business services
  • The configuration deployed consistently across the enterprise
  • Planning enhanced so that changes are in accordance with the overall architecture
  • Cost savings through supplier consolidation
  • Fast incident resolution
  Risk Drivers
  • Failure of changes to comply with the overall technology architecture
  • Assets not protected properly
  • Unauthorised changes to hardware and software not discovered, which could result in security breaches
  • Documented information failing to reflect the current architecture
  • Inability to fall back

View Control Practices  help

Hide Control Practices  help

  1. Implement a configuration repository to capture and maintain configuration management items. The repository should include hardware; application software; middleware; parameters; documentation; procedures; and tools for operating, accessing and using the systems, services, version numbers and licencing details.
  2. Implement a tool to enable the effective logging of configuration management information within a repository.
  3. Provide a unique identifier to a configuration item so the item can be easily tracked and related to physical asset tags and financial records.
  4. Define and document configuration baselines for components across development, test and production environments, to enable identification of system configuration at specific points in time (past, present and planned).
  5. Establish a process to revert to the baseline configuration in the event of problems, if determined appropriate after initial investigation.
  6. Install mechanisms to monitor changes against the defined repository and baseline. Provide management reports for exceptions, reconciliation and decision making.

 

Discussions: 0 total

Must be a Topic member to contribute

No Results Found

Documents & Publications: 38 total

Must be a Topic member to contribute
View All »
Books
Posted by ISACA 11 days ago
ICQs and Audit Programs
Posted by ISACA 26 days ago
Books
International Financial Reporting Standards have been mandatory in the EU since 2005 and are rapidly being adopted by countries throughout the world.
Posted by ISACA 57 days ago
Books
Posted by ISACA 75 days ago
Books
Posted by ISACA 111 days ago

Events & Online Learning: 6 total

12 Jun 2012
ISACA International Event
Dallas, Texas, USA
ISACA Training is a unique educational event designed to provide the tools you need to maintain, update and upgrade your skills, and to continue your professional development.
7 Aug 2012
ISACA International Event
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ISACA Training is a unique educational event designed to provide the tools you need to maintain, update and upgrade your skills, and to continue your professional development.
11 Sep 2012
ISACA International Event
San Francisco, California, USA
ISACA Training is a unique educational event designed to provide the tools you need to maintain, update and upgrade your skills, and to continue your professional development.
2 Oct 2012
ISACA International Event
Orlando, Florida, USA
ISACA Training is a unique educational event designed to provide the tools you need to maintain, update and upgrade your skills, and to continue your professional development.
6 Nov 2012
ISACA International Event
New York, New York, USA
ISACA Training is a unique educational event designed to provide the tools you need to maintain, update and upgrade your skills, and to continue your professional development.
11 Dec 2012
ISACA International Event
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
ISACA Training is a unique educational event designed to provide the tools you need to maintain, update and upgrade your skills, and to continue your professional development.

Journal Articles: 38 total

Volume 4, 2011
by Charu Pelnekar, CISA, CISM, ACA, AICWA, BCOM, CISSP, CPA, MCSE, QSA
The goal of this article is to provide guidance on the planning and decision-making processes associated with ISO 27001 implementation.
Volume 4, 2011
by Gan Subramaniam, CISA, CISM, CCNA, CCSA, CIA, CISSP, ISO 27001 LA, SSCP
Let us try to develop a checklist to audit the IT systems integration project.
Volume 2, 2010
by John P. Pironti, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP
Volume 2, 2010
by Yudistira Asnar, Ph.D., Hoon Wei Lim, Ph.D., Fabio Massacci, Ph.D. and Claire Worledge
Volume 1, 2009
by Chris Konrad
Volume 1, 2009
by Gary Hardy

Wikis: 2 total

Blog Posts: 5 total

Must be a Topic member to view blog posts
7 Mar 2012
To share various espects in cloud computing viz; history, availability, deployment, integrity, availability, confidentiality, security, cloud sharing etc.
Posted By : MoizB583519 | 2 comments
APT Defense Strategy   By Kevin J. Murphy, CISSP, CISM, CGEIT September 30, 2010 WHAT IS APT? APT is an acronym for Advance Persistent Threat.  Isn’t that descriptive?  In reality there is a lot behind the APT which might not be that obvious from underst...
Posted By : Kevin J. Murphy | 1 comments
12 May 2011
ITGA Blog focused IT Governance & IT Architecture Experiences.Here, you will can to learn more about theses topics. Regards,Roberto ArteiroITGA Editor.
Posted By : Roberto Arteiro | 1 comments
There is no shortage of cloud storage providers but the data security story varies widely among them.  How can enterprise customers be assured that their data will remain confidential?  Many cloud storage providers rely on outsourced system administrators...
Posted By : Kevin J. Murphy | 1 comments
Sometime back I came across this paper from ENISA and found really informative. While could computing is still an emerging market, I feel there is worth to review this risk assessment & it should be reviewed if you are a Cloud Provider, Cloud Customer, ve...
Posted By : Varun | 0 comments