# Rollback and Release Governance
One-sentence definition: Pre-approved, tested rollback plans and clear roles ensure safe, reversible releases.
## Key Facts
- Define rollback criteria, steps, and data migration reversals.
- Freeze windows, approvals, and comms plans for high-risk changes.
- Capture evidence: version, change ID, tests, sign-offs.
- **Verify:** check official (ISC)² CBK and current exam outline.
## Exam Relevance
- Choose documented rollback over ad-hoc fixes.
**Mnemonic:** “**If you can’t roll back, you can’t roll out**.”
## Mini Scenario
Q: Rollback blocked by one-way migration—lesson?
A: Require reversible migrations or backups/snapshots before change.
## Revision Checklist
- Two rollback pre-reqs.
- Evidence items.
- Migration rule.
## Related
[[Deployment Strategies Security (Blue-Green Canary)]] · [[Feature Flags and Kill Switches Safety]] · [[Restore Testing and Recovery Procedures]] · [[CI CD Security (Runners Secrets Artifacts)]] · [[Domain 8 - Index]]