A security baseline is a documented set of approved configuration settings that represent the minimum acceptable security posture for a system. Administrators use this baseline as a reference point: any future modification can be compared against it to verify that the system remains within the organization's approved, secure configuration. It does not automate patch installation, generate encryption keys, or perform event logging-those tasks are handled by other tools and processes.
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