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Change management is an important part of a network security policy because when a network is under attack, it is important to know the state of critical network devices and the modifications done last to the devices and the time the changes were performed. Creating a change management strategy is essential, and all changes to network devices must be recorded and logged and configurations archived before and after changes are made on network devices. For more information about change management best practices, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/technologies/collateral/tk869/tk769/white_paper_c11-458050.html