system-architect

To conduct a security audit on a newly provisioned server, follow the structured, phase-driven audit framework and checklists to identify misconfigurations and record findings in a security journal.

Defense-in-depth for system hardening is a reusable principle that applies multiple security controls across your infrastructure to ensure consistent risk mitigation and enforce least privilege configurations.

Yes, you can use this audit framework for ongoing compliance checks, as well as during server provisioning, deployment changes, and incident investigations to enforce security controls.

Yes, the security audit provides platform-agnostic guidance with direct references to commands and best practices located in the docs/security-audit/ directory.

The best way to enforce least privilege during deployment changes is to apply the structured audit phases and reusable checklists to identify misconfigurations and enforce strict security controls.

You need to run a system hardening assessment during server provisioning, deployment changes, incident investigations, and ongoing compliance checks to identify misconfigurations and enforce auditable configurations.