[non-validated] DORA SFS 4 / SF D: Emergency Change Procedures Requirement
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Question
[non-validated] Has the designated critical entity implemented documented emergency change procedures as defined in the repository topic description, including authorization protocols and mandatory post-implementation review during the evidence period?
Explanation
[non-validated] The designated critical entity must maintain documented evidence demonstrating implemented emergency change procedures, including dual-authorization protocols and mandatory post-implementation review records within 24 hours, as specified in the repository topic description for emergency changes. This requirement applies during the current operational review period, with missing documentation treated as pending evidence collection.
Criterion and evidence
Applies to designated critical entities under repository-defined DORA scope. Verification requires documented evidence of emergency change procedures meeting repository topic description requirements, including dual-authorization protocols and mandatory post-implementation review within 24 hours. Evidence period aligns with current operational review; missing results remain pending with no acceptable alternatives.
AI assistance prompt
Develop sixteen bounded yes/no factors for DORA: Secure change, development and vulnerability management. Control ICT changes, software/system development, vulnerabilities and patching. Cover acquisition and development controls, testing before deployment, change approval, emergency changes, patching, vulnerability treatment and supported-system lifecycle. Use the applicable ICT-risk technical standards; do not substitute a generic development maturity score. DORA article references: 7, 9, 15. Verify entity-role applicability and current primary sources. Missing evidence stays pending; no compliance or assessment is implied.
Clarifications
What constitutes sufficient evidence for emergency change procedures?
Documented evidence showing implemented emergency change procedures with dual-authorization protocols and mandatory post-implementation review records within 24 hours, meeting repository topic description requirements without substitution by generic frameworks.
How are missing emergency change records handled?
Pending evidence collection; absence of documented procedures is not equivalent to negative finding. Organizational policies without executed emergency change records do not satisfy this requirement per topic boundaries.
References
DORA: Secure change, development and vulnerability management