《p800-s815 configuration mgmt》.doc

STATE of ARIZONA Government Information Technology Agency Statewide STANDARD P800-S815 Rev 4.0 TITLE: Configuration Management Effective Date: September 14, 2007 AUTHORITY The Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) shall develop, implement and maintain a coordinated statewide plan for information technology (IT) (A.R.S. § 41-3504(A (1))), including the formation of policies to effectuate the purposes of the agency (A.R.S. § 41-3504(A (13))) and adopting statewide technical, coordination, and security standards (A.R.S. § 41-3504 (A (1(a))). 2. Purpose For all budget units to establish and maintain a statewide inventory program of IT devices (servers, storage, clients), network components, and associated software products, and IT business applications supported by the Information Services Inventory System (ISIS) web-based application. The standard also provides requirements for the tracking of changes to system and software components. Scope This applies to all budget units. A budget unit is defined as a department, commission, board, institution or other agency of the state receiving, expending or disbursing state funds or incurring obligations of the state including the Arizona board of regents but excluding the universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, the community college districts and the legislative or judicial branches A.R.S. § 41-3501(2). The Budget Unit Chief Executive Officer (CEO), working in conjunction with the Budget Unit Chief Information Officer (CIO), shall be responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of Statewide Information Technology Policies, Standards, and Procedures (PSPs) within each budget unit. standard Configuration management is a best practices process which refers to the unique identification, controlled storage, change control and perpetual reporting of IT components as a baseline of inventory for the agency. Each budget unit shall establish a configuration management program that def