Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Change Control

Although the documentation of policies and procedures to protect the system from external security risks is of utmost importance, internal procedures and documents should also be established. Developing, documenting, and enforcing a change-control process helps protect the system from well-intentioned internal changes.

In environments with multiple administrators, it is common to have the interests of one administrator affect those of another. For instance, an administrator might make a configuration change to limit volume size for a specific department. If this change is not documented, a second administrator might spend a significant amount of time trying to troubleshoot a user complaint from that department. Establishing a change-control ...