Separation of development, test and production environments
Development, testing and production environments should be separated and secured.
Purpose
To reduce the risks of unauthorized access or changes to the production environment.
Implementation Guidance
Implement separate environments for development, testing, and production
Control promotion of code between environments
Use non-production data in test environments
Restrict access to production environments
Document environment separation architecture
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