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baseline configuration

nounid 1649·updated Aug 28, 2026
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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.

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Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems7 citations · 7 defined by this document · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.04.0103.04.01.a03.04.01.b03.04.01.b ¶ 103.04.01.b ¶ 103.04.03.d ¶ 13.2.2 ¶ 19

Classifications

Entity Type

Configuration Setting100%manual reviewaxis_review_queue.v1

Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

synonym
baseline-hardened configuration
plural
baseline configurations
possessive
baseline configuration's
pluralpossessive
baseline configurations'

Framework definitions

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
§1
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.
NERC CIP-010-2 (Config Change Management & Vulnerability) v21 senseview framework →
§1
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.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
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 that can be changed only through change control procedures. The baseline configuration is used as a basis for future builds, releases, or changes.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
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.
NIST SP 800-1281 senseview framework →
§1
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.
NIST SP 800-172r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
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.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
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.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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.
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