Network Security Assessment

The Network Security Assessment is a flagship evaluation engine that audits enterprise networks across seven critical security domains: Perimeter Defenses, Internal Segmentation, Wireless & IoT Security, Remote Access & VPNs, Network Device Hardening, Monitoring & Telemetry, and Incident Resilience.

It produces a granular, domain-by-domain scorecard pinpointing systemic vulnerabilities, such as single-homed egress connections, unauthenticated management protocols (SNMPv1/v2, Telnet), flat server networks, and legacy IPsec VPN configurations lacking multi-factor authentication.

Defense-in-depth is an information assurance strategy where multiple layered security controls are placed throughout an IT network. If an attacker breaches the outer defensive perimeter (for example, through an exploited public web server or phishing email), secondary and tertiary defensive barriers prevent the attacker from advancing toward critical assets.

In network architecture, defense-in-depth requires that every layer operate under the assumption that surrounding layers have already failed. A perimeter firewall must be reinforced by internal switch access control lists (VACLs); internal subnets must enforce strict mutual authentication (mTLS); wireless networks must isolate client devices from one another (Client Isolation); and administrative interfaces must reside on out-of-band management networks completely inaccessible from standard office VLANs.