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Where Does It Go in the Change Plan?

Each card is a note from a change plan. File it in the right part of the plan.

⚑ Complete this interactive to capture a CTF flag worth 5 points.

About this interactive

The Planning Considerations lesson works through a change before it is made. Its notes fall into four parts of the plan. Technical impact: what the change does to everything else. Downtime, service and application restarts, dependencies on other software and hardware, legacy systems, and allow and deny lists. Security+ lists these as the technical implications of a change. Testing: try it before production. A staging, test or dev environment checks the change itself and also the rollout steps, which is how you find out, for example, that the install needs a restart. Timing and notice: when it happens and who is told. Avoid busy periods, use a maintenance window, respect what the SLA allows for planned downtime, and tell anyone who could be affected, even if no downtime is expected. Backout: the way back if it goes wrong. A snapshot, an extra backup, saved configurations, or version control that lets you roll back to an earlier version. A quick test for each card: does the note say what the change will affect, how it will be tried first, when and to whom, or how to undo it?

What you'll learn

Aligned to

CompTIA Security+
1.3 Explain the importance of change management processes and the impact to security.
NIST 800-53
CM-3 Configuration Change Control
SA-10 Developer Configuration Management

Key terms

Staging Environment
A pre-production environment that mirrors production, used to test code and configurations before they are released to end users.
Backout Plan
A documented procedure for reversing a change if implementation is unsuccessful, restoring the system to its previous state.
Version Control
A system that tracks and manages changes to configurations or code over time, enabling accountability and the ability to roll back to earlier versions.
Change Management
A structured process for requesting, reviewing, approving, and documenting changes to IT systems or organizational procedures. Change management reduces security risk by ensuring modifications are tested and authorized before deployment.

Topics

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