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Walk the Payroll Firewall Change

Apply risk-based decisions across intake, approval, and post-change review for a firewall change.

Payroll close A firewall rule is needed before Friday payroll close. The request says "allow TCP 443 from office networks to payroll vendor." The business risk is payroll delay; the security risk is broad egress to a sensitive processor. The decision is not approve or reject. It is how to make the access narrow enough to be safe and useful. Risk route Narrow scope -> named authority -> monitored closure For infrastructure changes, each decision should reduce ambiguity: smallest viable access, clear business owner, and observable success or failure. Shortcut Approve broad access because the deadline is real. The service…

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