Core Capability 4: Safe Deployment Orchestration

This is the fourth of five core capabilities. After simulating impact, Safe Deployment orchestrates gradual, reversible rollout that maintains organizational confidence.

PSPM orchestrates gradual rollout of preventive controls with monitoring, phasing, and exception management:

Monitoring mode deploys controls in audit-only mode before enforcement. Controls observe cloud activity and report what would be blocked without actually blocking it. Teams validate simulation findings and identify unexpected scenarios before enforcement.

Phased rollout deploys enforcement gradually. Start with test environments, then non-production, then production with measured expansion. Roll out by account, by organizational unit, by team, by region, or by percentage. Each phase validates before expanding.

Exception management tracks approved deviations systematically. Exception requests include justification, scope (which accounts/resources), and duration. Approvals come from security and resource owners. All exceptions get documented centrally with expiration dates and review schedules.

Rollback capability allows quick reversal if issues arise. Organization policies can be removed or set to audit mode. Config defaults can be updated. IaC rules can be downgraded from blocking to warning. PSPM maintains deployment history for safe rollback.

Communication automation shares deployment status with affected teams. Pre-deployment notifications explain what's changing and why. During-deployment updates track progress. Post-deployment summaries celebrate successes and document lessons learned.

Safe deployment orchestration enables the Deploy practice - rolling out prevention gradually while maintaining organizational confidence.