DEV · Procurement, Development and Modification of Information Systems
DEV-11 Protection of Development and Test Environments
New in C5:2026
Basic criterion
Development and test environments under the responsibility of the cloud service provider undergo a risk assesssment (cf. OIS-07) and are protected with appropriate security measures against identified risks. This also includes extending the backup plan (cf. OPS-06) to the necessary parts of those environments.
Supplementary information
Note that the backup policies and procedures (cf. OPS-06) are preceded by a risk assessment and does not need to include all elements of those environments, but only the ones considered necessary based on the risk assessment. Some parts can be build from scatch more easily than backing them up.
Related criteria
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