Delving into configuration and mobile device management
One of the major issues within the field of IT is properly tracking and managing the changes of configurations on systems. Whether the system is a device or even an application, system administrators will sometimes make a change on the system without creating a backup of the last known good configuration or even updating any documentation with a description of the changes. Additionally, you will often discover that systems within an enterprise network do not all have the same configurations due to modifications being made on systems without any tracking. This is referred to as configuration drift.
To solve this problem of configuration drift, organizations can implement proper configuration management techniques by using a standard such as the NIST SP 800-128, which focuses on the configuration management of information systems. Organizations can develop a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that outlines how configurations...
