Within configuration management, which element acts as the authoritative reference of approved secure settings, allowing administrators to compare current configurations and identify deviations during system hardening efforts?
Periodic vulnerability scan
Security baseline
Off-site backup archive
Incident response plan
A security baseline is a formally approved set of system settings known to provide an acceptable security posture. During hardening, administrators configure new systems to match the baseline and regularly compare running configurations against it to detect and correct unauthorized changes. Vulnerability scans, incident response plans, and off-site backups are valuable security practices, but they are not the configuration reference point used to enforce consistent, hardened settings.
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