Regulated teams still need frequent delivery. The answer is evidence-rich pipelines, not monthly freezes.
Artifact provenance
Signed builds, locked dependencies, and immutable artifacts create an audit trail auditors can follow.
Gated environments
Promote the same artifact through staging and production. Rebuilds between environments invalidate trust.
Human gates where it matters
Automate tests; reserve manual approval for production risk and change windows — not for every commit.