Change management auditing verifies that all modifications to an organization’s production environments are managed through structured workflows to prevent system downtime, data corruption, or the introduction of unauthorized code.
[Developer Writes Code] ──► [Automated Quality Check] ──► [Peer Code Review] ──► [Live Release]
Auditors evaluate change processes against the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) framework, verifying compliance across key operational phases:
- Requirements Phase: Confirming that business requirements, security standards, and audit trail configurations are specified and approved before development begins.
- Testing Phase: Reviewing documentation for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing to confirm that code modifications function correctly without breaking existing application features.
- Separation of Environments: Verifying that development, testing, and production environments are isolated from each other. System permissions must prevent developers from moving code directly into production, enforcing a strict separation of duties between code creation and deployment roles.
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