Security Posture — August 2026
| Owner | Classification | Version | Effective | Period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sekhar Prakash | Internal | 1.0 | 2026-08-28 | Aug 2026 | Final |
Purpose. Point-in-time posture snapshot and management-review record for August 2026. The live view is Security Posture; this is the dated freeze, the month's deltas, and the trend.
DATED SNAPSHOT — NUMBERS BELOW ARE SUPERSEDED
Every figure on this page is frozen at 2026-08-28 and is intentionally not updated. It is the management-review record for that month. For current state see Security Posture and the Findings Register — e.g. P0 count has since moved 8 → 4 and domain maturity 9🟠/11🔴 → 11🟠/9🔴.
Scorecard — as of 2026-08-28
| Area | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Findings | 8 P0 · 14 P1 · 14 P2 open · 3 resolved · 1 risk-accepted | Findings Register |
| Domain maturity | 0 🟢 · 9 🟠 · 11 🔴 (of 20) | Security Domains |
| Assessment coverage | 5 of 9 lenses run | Coverage |
| Controls & frameworks | SOC 2 Type II in prep · SOC 1 Type 2 required (STP) | Framework Register |
| Data & privacy | RoPA · flows · subprocessors in progress | Data & Privacy |
| AI governance | Tokenisation designed · DPIA pending | AI Governance |
| Production go-live | 🔴 blocked — 8 P0 + detection baseline gaps | AWS Production Gate |
What changed this month
- New P0s: F-39 (2nd SQL injection), F-40 (weak password hashing), F-41 (no signin throttling) — P0 count 5 → 8.
- Resolved: F-02 (backend RBAC — enforced server-side, catalogue + grants seeded).
- Closed, risk-accepted (not fixed): F-38 (Temporal tenant-scoping) — reactivates when RBAC is seeded.
- Assessments run: posture re-verifications on 2026-08-06 and 2026-08-26 (see Audit Log).
Trend
| Month | P0 open | Notable |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06 | baseline | Iteration-1 posture established (20 domains, initial findings) |
| 2026-07 | 5 | F-13 (ALB/TLS) + F-36 (lockfiles) resolved; F-37 raised |
| 2026-08 | 8 | F-02 resolved; F-39/40/41 raised; F-38 risk-accepted |
Decisions & actions for review
- 7 owner decisions pending → Open Decisions.
- Priority to close: F-01 (tenant binding) · F-40 / F-41 (auth hardening) · F-26 (retire generic
/filter). - Not yet run: SAST · DAST · CSPM · independent pentest (expect new findings as each runs).
Related
Revision history
| Version | Date | Author | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2026-08-28 | Sekhar Prakash | August 2026 posture snapshot. |
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