Control · CHG-03

Developers have no standing production access; deployments via pipeline only

Change ManagementSOC 2 · ISO 27001 · ITGC · RBIRisk High

Requirement to validation

What should be true

Production deployments to AWS run only through the GitHub Actions pipeline with protected environments; developers have no standing write access to production accounts.

Requirements
ISO-A.8.31 A.8.31 · Separation of development, test and production environments
ITGC-CM-03 ITGC-CM-03 · Segregation between development and production
RBI-ITGRCA-2023-7.4 RBI-ITGRCA-2023 §7.4 · Change and patch management — documented, approved and tested changes (RBI Master Direction on IT Governance, Risk, Controls and Assurance Practices, 2023)
SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 · Logical access security software, infrastructure and architectures
SOC2-CC8.1 CC8.1 · Authorizes, designs, tests, approves and implements changes
Third parties
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Testing procedure
GitHub environments + OIDC deploy role; IAM permission set design. Tests: GitHub Enterprise Cloud: Production environment requires reviewers; Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1): No developer roles with prod write. Frequency continuous.

Findings (1)

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FindingObservationControlApplicationsSeverityStatusOwnerActionValidation
F-IAQ2-CHG-03Developers held standing production accessCHG-03Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1), GitHub Enterprise CloudHighClosedAditya SinghREM-F-IAQ2-CHG-03 · ClosedValidated

Evidence (5)

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EvidenceTitleControlSource systemCollectedStatus
ITGC-REQ-025GitHub: Production environment requires reviewersCHG-035 Oct 2026Accepted
ITGC-REQ-026AWS: No developer roles with prod writeCHG-034 Oct 2026Accepted
Q2-EV-020GitHub Enterprise Cloud · system export (Q2)CHG-03GitHub Enterprise Cloud7 Jun 2026Rejected
Q2-EV-021Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1) · configuration report (Q2)CHG-03Amazon Web Services (ap-south-1)12 Jun 2026Rejected
SOC2-REQ-024GitHub: Production environment requires reviewersCHG-037 Oct 2026Under review

Tests (2)

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TestControlCycleTestedByResultConfidence
TST-ITGC-CHG-03CHG-03 · Developers have no standing production access; deployments via pipeline onlyQ3 2026 Unified Program Review3 Oct 2026Vikram Mehta, Farah Khan · Meridian Internal AuditPassHigh
TST-Q2-CHG-03CHG-03 · Developers have no standing production access; deployments via pipeline onlyQ2 2026 Unified Program Review18 Jun 2026Farah Khan, Vikram Mehta · Meridian Internal AuditFailHigh