Amanda wants to ensure that IoT devices in her company have a secure configuration when they are deployed and that they are ready for further configuration for their specific purposes. Which of the following terms is used to describe these standard configurations used as part of her configuration management program?

Baseline configurations, per NIST 800-53: “Baseline configurations serve as a basis for future builds, releases, and/or changes to information systems. Baseline configurations include information about information system components (e.g., standard software packages installed on workstations, notebook computers, servers, network components, or mobile devices; current version numbers and patch information on operating systems and applications; and configuration settings/parameters), network topology, and the logical placement of those components within the system architecture. Maintaining baseline configurations requires creating new baselines as organizational information systems change over time. Baseline configurations of information systems reflect the current enterprise architecture.”