A.14.2.4 Restrictions on changes to software packages
A.14.2.4 in ISO 27001:2013 (ISO/IEC 27001:2013). All ISO 27001:2013 controls held. Open ISO 27001:2013 on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
Restrictions on changes to software packages. Changes to software packages are discouraged, kept to what is needed, and every change is strictly controlled. As an Annex A reference control it is compared with the controls chosen in risk treatment (6.1.3 c) and recorded in the Statement of Applicability, included with a reason and an implementation status or excluded with a reason (6.1.3 d). Carried into ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as A.8.32.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
ISO 27001:2022
- A.8.32 Change management (reviewed pair)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: A.14 System acquisition, development and maintenance), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the security requirements for the system
- the secure-development records and code review
- the test-data protection records