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id: "CM-09" title: "Configuration Management Plan" family: "CM" family_name: "Configuration Management" sort_id: "cm-09" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization" enhancements: - cm-9.1

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Statement

Develop, document, and implement a configuration management plan for the system that:

Addresses roles, responsibilities, and configuration management processes and procedures;

Establishes a process for identifying configuration items throughout the system development life cycle and for managing the configuration of the configuration items;

Defines the configuration items for the system and places the configuration items under configuration management;

Is reviewed and approved by {{ insert: param, cm-09_odp }} ; and

Protects the configuration management plan from unauthorized disclosure and modification.

Guidance

Configuration management activities occur throughout the system development life cycle. As such, there are developmental configuration management activities (e.g., the control of code and software libraries) and operational configuration management activities (e.g., control of installed components and how the components are configured). Configuration management plans satisfy the requirements in configuration management policies while being tailored to individual systems. Configuration management plans define processes and procedures for how configuration management is used to support system development life cycle activities.

Configuration management plans are generated during the development and acquisition stage of the system development life cycle. The plans describe how to advance changes through change management processes; update configuration settings and baselines; maintain component inventories; control development, test, and operational environments; and develop, release, and update key documents.

Organizations can employ templates to help ensure the consistent and timely development and implementation of configuration management plans. Templates can represent a configuration management plan for the organization with subsets of the plan implemented on a system by system basis. Configuration management approval processes include the designation of key stakeholders responsible for reviewing and approving proposed changes to systems, and personnel who conduct security and privacy impact analyses prior to the implementation of changes to the systems. Configuration items are the system components, such as the hardware, software, firmware, and documentation to be configuration-managed. As systems continue through the system development life cycle, new configuration items may be identified, and some existing configuration items may no longer need to be under configuration control.

Assessment Objective: a configuration management plan for the system is developed and documented;

Assessment Objective: a configuration management plan for the system is implemented;

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan addresses roles;

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan addresses responsibilities;

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan addresses configuration management processes and procedures;

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan establishes a process for identifying configuration items throughout the system development life cycle;

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan establishes a process for managing the configuration of the configuration items;

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan defines the configuration items for the system;

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan places the configuration items under configuration management;

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan is reviewed and approved by {{ insert: param, cm-09_odp }};

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan is protected from unauthorized disclosure;

Assessment Objective: the configuration management plan is protected from unauthorized modification.

Configuration management policy

procedures addressing configuration management planning

configuration management plan

system design documentation

system security plan

privacy plan

other relevant documents or records

Organizational personnel with responsibilities for developing the configuration management plan

organizational personnel with responsibilities for implementing and managing processes defined in the configuration management plan

organizational personnel with responsibilities for protecting the configuration management plan

organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities

system/network administrators

Organizational processes for developing and documenting the configuration management plan

organizational processes for identifying and managing configuration items

organizational processes for protecting the configuration management plan

mechanisms implementing the configuration management plan

mechanisms for managing configuration items

mechanisms for protecting the configuration management plan