Change is a fact of life in IT, but how change is controlled, and how unauthorized change is tolerated, can affect everything from the integrity of data to the ability to deliver service, meet compliance, assure security and implement automation processes. An organization that uses change control and enforces change policies not only mitigates risk and improves efficiency, it is able to bring value to the strategic goals of business.

In this whitepaper, you will learn why configuration audit and control is the backbone of change control across the IT infrastructure. You will also learn the importance of configuration audit and control to the four main project areas and goals in IT: ensuring compliance and security; accuracy of a CMDB; improving system availability; and, bringing order and integrity to the automation process.

Download this paper from Tripwire to learn how configuration audit and control solutions can improve operations and control risk in your IT organization.