How to answer 'Is production customer data ever used in development or testing environments?' on a SIG Lite
I. Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls
Reviewers universally expect 'No'. If sanitized/synthetic data is used, state that clearly.
II. Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit
Compliant Response
Sealed · DSP-09
No. Production customer data is strictly prohibited from being copied to or used in development, staging, or test environments. Test environments utilize synthetic or anonymized seed data only (SOC 2, CC6.1).
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