{"id":1121,"date":"2024-07-16T21:43:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T21:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/?page_id=1121"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:37:17","slug":"cm-3-configuration-change-control","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/configuration-management-cm\/cm-3-configuration-change-control\/","title":{"rendered":"CM-3: Configuration Change Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">CM-3: Configuration Change Control<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.294), 16px);\"><strong>NIST Baseline: &nbsp;<\/strong>Low&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.294), 16px);\"><strong>DIR Required By: &nbsp;<\/strong>11\/18\/2024&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.294), 16px);\"><strong>TAMUS Required By:<\/strong> &nbsp;08\/01\/2022&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.294), 16px);\"><strong>Review Date: \u00a0<\/strong>09\/01\/2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list its-nested-list\">\n<li>Information resource owners or their designees are responsible for determining and documenting the types of changes that are configuration-controlled in the change control process for the information systems under their control, in accordance the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dir.texas.gov\/resource-library-item\/security-controls-standards-catalog\">Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) Security Control Standards Catalog<\/a> requirements. The change control process should address:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How changes are identified, classified, prioritized, and requested;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identification and deployment for emergency changes;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assessing potential impacts from changes;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorizing changes and exceptions; and&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementing changes and planning for back-outs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configuration-controlled changes must:&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be documented, including approval decisions, a date and timeframe for the change, and the result after the change is made;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be reviewed to consider their potential impact to users, stability of the system and dependent resources, and impact to security, and privacy then approved or disapproved; and&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have appropriate communications and coordination with anyone who will be impacted.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinating and providing oversight for configuration change control activities is conducted through the weekly Change Advisory Board (CAB) that convenes, documents, and tracks changes.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-tarleton-purple-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-tarleton-purple-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">References\/Additional Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None.&nbsp; See any applicable internal procedures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CM-3: Configuration Change Control NIST Baseline: &nbsp;Low&nbsp; DIR Required By: &nbsp;11\/18\/2024&nbsp; TAMUS Required By: &nbsp;08\/01\/2022&nbsp; Review Date: \u00a009\/01\/2026 References\/Additional Resources None.&nbsp; See any applicable internal procedures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":580,"parent":1390,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1121","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/author\/brian-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3\/","display_name":"brian"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 week ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on July 16, 2024","modified":"Updated on September 1, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on July 16, 2024 9:43 pm","modified":"Updated on September 1, 2026 2:37 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2795,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1121\/revisions\/2795"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/security-controls-catalog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}