IT Security and Configuration Management

Configuration management can help you ensure the security of your infrastructure by:

Ensuring correct configurations across the entire organization for all security relevant components, including user and system permissions, network controls, and even your antivirus, intrusion detection and prevention systems.
Monitoring for and fixing problems and deviations as soon as they occur, bringing the components of your infrastructure in line with your compliance policies, while letting you know what is going on.
Guaranteeing that your systems are compliant with your security policies, whether in-house or regulatory, such as PCI-DSS or STIGs. Compliance policies + CM system = guaranteed compliance.
Demonstrating compliance during audits.