Database contents from production environments are not used in development or testing environments unless the environment is secured to the same level as the production environment.
Topic
Separation of development, testing and production databases
Applicable to
all
History
Priority
must not
Mar 2022
Database contents from production environments are not used in development or testing environments unless the environment is secured to the same level as the production environment.
Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and recommendations throughout the publication to clarify content without changing intent. This included a review from the Guidelines for System Hardening chapter through to the Guidelines for Data Transfers chapter.
2017
Information in production databases must not be used in testing or development databasesunless the testing or development environments are secured to the same security standard asthe production environment.
Control Text Changed. No public explaination.
2015
Information in production databases must not be used in testing or development databasesunless the testing or development environments are accredited to the same standard as theproduction environment.