Criticality High Active

Change & Release Management

Establishes change and release management including request management, risk assessment, approval, release planning, deployment, post-implementation review, emergency changes, reporting, and continuous improvement.

Control ID
OPS-001
Domain Code
OPS
Control Nature
Detective
Business Owner
IT Operations / DevOps
Category
Operational
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

OPS-001 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Establish and maintain controlled processes for requesting, assessing, approving, testing, implementing, and reviewing technology changes and releases.

Business Objective

Ensure technology changes are implemented securely, consistently, and with minimal business disruption.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      OPS-001 · Operating Context

      Primary Stakeholders

      Applicable Industries

      Applicable Technologies

      Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

      Harmonized Framework Mappings

      The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

      FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      		 v2019 View →
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...
      US
      Law
      		 vCurrent View →
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO22301 ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2019 View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...
      EU
      Directive
      		 vCurrent View →
      NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...
      NIST
      Framework
      		 v2 View →
      NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...
      NIST
      Control Catalog
      		 vRev. 5 View →
      PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...
      PCI
      Standard
      		 v4 View →
      RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...
      AICPA
      Audit Framework
      		 vLatest View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      IT Operations & Service Management (OPS)
      Purpose:
      To ensure the availability, performance, and resilience of IT services.
      Scope:
      Enterprise
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      Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

      10 Specific Audit Clauses

      The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

      REQUIREMENT ID REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS MAPPED CONTROL TYPICAL OWNER ACTION
      OPS-001-R001 Change Management Framework The organization shall establish a chang... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗
      OPS-001-R002 Change Request Management The organization shall manage change req... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗
      OPS-001-R003 Change Risk Assessment The organization shall conduct risk asse... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗
      OPS-001-R004 Change Approval The organization shall approve changes,... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗
      OPS-001-R005 Release Planning The organization shall plan releases, en... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗
      OPS-001-R006 Release Deployment The organization shall deploy releases i... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗
      OPS-001-R007 Post-Implementation Review The organization shall conduct post-impl... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗
      OPS-001-R008 Emergency Changes The organization shall manage emergency... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗
      OPS-001-R009 Change Reporting The organization shall report on change... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗
      OPS-001-R010 Continuous Improvement The organization shall establish a conti... OPS-001 Change & Release Management IT Operations, Change Manager, Release Manager, CISO View ↗