Leadership Security Overview
This assessment identified critical security weaknesses. 5 critical findings and 21 high-risk findings indicate that the firewall control environment requires urgent leadership attention and prioritised remediation.
The most prominent risk themes in this audit relate to Compliance & Policy, Network Exposure, and Logging & Visibility. There are also signs of governance and control-process weakness affecting logging & visibility, compliance & policy, configuration management, and management plane.
Urgent weaknesses were identified in this area. 9 findings contribute to audit failures and regulatory sanctions.
Significant weakness was identified in this area. 14 findings contribute to external threats gaining foothold in internal networks.
Significant weakness was identified in this area. 7 findings contribute to delayed incident detection and response.
Significant weakness was identified in this area. 2 findings contribute to various operational and security risks.
Control gaps in these areas can increase audit-readiness concerns, evidence gaps, and regulatory or contractual exposure.
Current findings suggest unnecessary exposure or overly broad access paths that may increase the likelihood of external compromise or lateral movement.
Gaps in monitoring or audit evidence can slow incident detection, weaken investigations, and reduce management confidence in control effectiveness.
The current findings indicate weaknesses that may reduce the effectiveness of the firewall as a business control.
Address policy and standards alignment gaps to improve audit readiness and governance confidence.
Reduce internet-facing and cross-zone exposure where access is broader than business requirements demand.
Improve security logging and monitoring coverage so material events can be detected, investigated, and evidenced more effectively.
Review remaining security control gaps and incorporate them into a tracked remediation plan.
Review remote access pathways and ensure VPN controls align with current access and authentication expectations.
Critical findings suggest that control assurance and audit readiness should be treated as a management priority.
Policy and standards alignment should be reviewed.
Audit evidence and monitoring coverage should be strengthened.
Administrative and access governance controls require management oversight.
