6.5.4 Roles and functions are separated between production and pre-production environments to provide accountability such that only reviewed and approved changes are deployed
Roles and functions are separated between production and pre-production environments to provide accountability such that only reviewed and approved changes are deployed.
3
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
moderate
to go live
SIEM / log platform
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Escalation logs · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Residual risk acceptance records · Policy repository / GRC workspace
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Further treatment plans · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 1 of 3 artefacts that already live in a system (SIEM / log platform); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- Residual risk not calculated
- Acceptance not signed off
- No monitoring for residual triggers
- Re evaluation cycle missing
- Aggregate residual exposure unknown
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheet6.5.3 Pre-production environments are separated from production environments and the separation is enforced with access controls · 6.5.5 Live PANs not used in pre-production