BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE SECURITY REVIEW PROCESS
Once a year is too late. Every week is unsustainable.
Monthly security reviews hit the sweet spot: frequent enough to catch configuration drift, light enough to actually happen. The trick is keeping scope tight and knowing what to look for.
The scenario:
You need a monthly security review process that’s thorough but takes less than two hours per client.
The prompt:
You’re creating a monthly review checklist.
Build a process that covers:
– Identity: New admins, stale accounts, MFA gaps
– Access: OAuth grants, external sharing, permission changes
– Endpoints: Patch compliance, AV status, encryption
– Logs: Failed logins, impossible travel, alert trends
– Action items: What to fix, who owns it, when it’s due
Keep total review time under 2 hours. Include data sources for each check.