Release Management
What is Release Management?
The process of planning, scheduling, and controlling software deployments to production environments while maintaining service quality.
Terms that appear alongside release management
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as release management. The number is how many controls name both.
- problem management 2 shared controls
- capacity management 2 shared controls
- governance 2 shared controls
- itil 2 shared controls
- compliance 2 shared controls
- it service management 2 shared controls
- configuration management 2 shared controls
- change management 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern release management
What the standards actually require on release management
Requirements naming release management across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Track DISA's quarterly STIG/SRG release cycle and update baselines and assessments to the current STIG version within a defined timeframe after release.
STIG-PGM-2 · STIG and SRG currency and release management →Fixes are released through standard product release channels with version control, integrity protection, and clear release notes for users.
30111-6.8 · Release Management and Distribution →Make new and changed services and features available for use according to agreed expectations of customers and stakeholders while maintaining control of service quality.
SM-REL-1 · Release Management →IT Services Management. IT service management processes must support stable services, covering configuration management, change management, software release management, incident and problem management, and performance and capacity management (para 33).
BMA-9 · Information Technology Services Management →GAMP 5 crosswalk to general IT + security + medical device frameworks. NIST CSF 2.0: GxP-system IT general controls map to GOVERN + IDENTIFY (inventory + supplier risk) + PROTECT (access controls + encryption + secure dev) + DETECT (monitoring + audit trails)...
GAMP5-CrossMapping-NIST-ISO · Crosswalk to NIST CSF, ISO 27001/27017, ISO 13485 (Medical Devices) and ITIL →Implement IT Project Management + Software Development Lifecycle + IT Service Management per MAS TRM Chapters 4 + 5 + 6. Chapter 4 IT Project Management - project initiation approval + business case + risk assessment + technology security review + steering com...
MAS-TRM-Project-SDLC-Service-Management-Chapters-4-5-6-IT-Project-Software-Lifecycle-Change-ITIL · MAS TRM Project + SDLC + Service Management + Chapters 4-6 + IT Project + Software Lifecycle + ITIL →Questions people ask about release management
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