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CM.2.065
Content
Control Acronym
CM
Family
Configuration Management
CMMC Level
2
800-171 Control #
3.4.3
CMMC Description
Track, review, approve, or disapprove, and log changes to organizational systems.
CMMC Clarification
You should track, review, and approve changes before committing to production. Changes to computing environments can create unintended and unforeseen issues. They can affect the security and availability of the systems. Organizations should hold regular meetings about changes. Relevant experts should review and approve proposed changes. They should discuss potential impacts, before the organization puts the changes in place. Relevant items include changes to the physical environment and to the system hosted within it. Example Once a month, the management and technical team leads join a change control board meeting. During this meeting, everyone reviews all proposed changes to the environment. This includes changes to the physical and computing environments. The meeting ensures that relevant subject matter experts review changes and propose alternatives where needed.
800-171 Description
Track, review, approve or disapprove, and log changes to organizational systems.
800-171 Discussion
Tracking, reviewing, approving/disapproving, and logging changes is called configuration change control. Configuration change control for organizational systems involves the systematic proposal, justification, implementation, testing, review, and disposition of changes to the systems, including system upgrades and modifications. Configuration change control includes changes to baseline configurations for components and configuration items of systems, changes to configuration settings for information technology products (e.g., operating systems, applications, firewalls, routers, and mobile devices), unscheduled and unauthorized changes, and changes to remediate vulnerabilities.Processes for managing configuration changes to systems include Configuration Control Boards or Change Advisory Boards that review and approve proposed changes to systems. For new development systems or systems undergoing major upgrades, organizations consider including representatives from development organizations on the Configuration Control Boards or Change Advisory Boards. Audit logs of changes include activities before and after changes are made to organizational systems and the activities required to implement such changes.[SP 800-128] provides guidance on configuration change control.
Other Source Discussion
N/A
CIS Control References
NIST 800-53 Control Ref.
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 4 CM-3
CMMC Derived
NIST CSF Control References
NIST 800-171 References
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 1 3.4.3
Applicable FAR Clause
NIST CSF Control Reference
NIST CSF v1.1 PR.IP-1, PR.IP-3
CERT RMM Reference
CERT RMM v1.2 KIM:SG5.SP2
Modification of NIST 800-171B Reference
NIST 800-171B Reference
UK NCSCCyber Reference
AS ACSC Reference
AU ACSC Essential Eight
Sub-Criterias
Assessment Sub-Criteria 1
CM.2.065.[a] changes to the system are tracked;
Assessment Sub-Criteria 2
CM.2.065.[b] changes to the system are reviewed;
Assessment Sub-Criteria 3
CM.2.065.[c] changes to the system are approved or disapproved; and
Assessment Sub-Criteria 4
CM.2.065.[d] changes to the system are logged.