ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
During a vulnerability remediation sprint, a system administrator wants to fast-track a new kernel patch on a critical payment server to address a recently disclosed flaw. Under the organization's change management process, what is the administrator's first required step?
Submit a formal change request that includes risk and impact details for approval by the Change Control Board.
Schedule an emergency maintenance window and notify end users immediately after deploying the patch to production.
Apply the patch in the development environment and, if tests pass, move it straight to production without additional approvals.
Update the security baseline documentation after installing the patch to reflect the new configuration.
Formal change management frameworks-such as those described in NIST guidance-require that no technical action occur until the proposed modification has been entered into the change control system, fully documented, and approved by an authorized body (often a Change Control Board). Only after this approval can testing, scheduling, or production deployment proceed. Moving directly to development or production, updating baselines post-implementation, or simply announcing maintenance violates the requirement that approval precede implementation and therefore fails to meet governance and compliance expectations.
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