Configuration Drift Is the Symptom. Ownership Is the Problem.

Short summary

Configuration drift is fundamentally an organizational ownership problem, not a tooling visibility problem. Drift detection systems expose how much infrastructure has no clear authority behind it, creating noise and permanent exceptions rather than driving real resolution. True ownership requires one named party with the authority to justify the state, change it unilaterally within policy bounds, and maintain alignment between declared and operational reality.

• •Drift detection tools expose symptoms, not root causes—ownership ambiguity is the core issue
• •Visibility without clear authority creates alert noise and permanent exceptions instead of resolution
• •Real ownership: one named party with justification authority, unilateral change rights, and accountability

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