What Is Security Configuration Management?
Security configuration management (SCM) is the process of managing the configurations of your information system assets and software, including monitoring for misconfigurations to help prevent cyberattacks and enforce compliance regulations. Many organizations simplify this foundational cybersecurity control by using SCM software to continuously monitor their security configurations, proactively reducing their attack surface.
How Does Security Configuration Management Work?
Cyber attackers are often looking for the easiest way to get into an organization and they have found that misconfigurations due to default system settings frequently provide easy entry. Once a system has been exploited, attackers begin moving across the infrastructure and start making harmful changes. This is why security configuration management tools are so important.
Security configuration management solutions help identify misconfigurations that make your systems vulnerable before an attack occurs and also monitor for unusual changes to critical files or systems.
Our solution helps you maintain a secure baseline configuration and monitor assets for deviations while automating and guiding security teams for rapid repair of misconfigurations.
