SRE Security Audit — 12 controls & AIOps automations
SRE Security Audit organizes operational risks: we review SSO/RBAC, secrets management, network policies and IaC scanning. We define sensible alerting, response runbooks and the incident process, mapping results to NIST, CIS and OWASP.
SRE Security Audit — scope & goals
We focus on what impacts availability and operational risk: identity, configuration, software supply chain, observability and incident readiness. We enrich findings with recommendations and a fast improvement plan.
SSO/RBAC
Coherent roles, MFA, least privilege and access reviews.
IaC & drift
Terraform/K8s scans, drift detection, change and version control.
Correlation
Risk‑based alerts with deploy context; fewer false positives.
12 security controls
1. Authentication
SSO/OIDC, password policies and MFA, token rotation, session TTL.
2. Authorization
RBAC/ABAC, separation of duties, periodic access reviews.
3. Secrets
KMS/Secrets Manager, access policies, no secrets in repos.
4. Configuration
IaC scanning, policies (OPA), environmental drift control.
5. Supply chain
SBOM, artifact signing, SLSA and dependency verification.
6. Network
Network policies, segmentation and egress/ingress rules.
7. Data
Encryption at rest and in transit, masking, DLP.
8. Telemetry
Secure logs/metrics/traces, retention and role‑based access.
9. Alerts
Risk‑based thresholds, deduplication and quiet hours.
10. Runbooks
Procedures as code, tests, escalations and ChatOps.
11. Backups & DR
Restore testing, RPO/RTO and backup isolation.
12. Compliance
Mapping to NIST/CIS/OWASP and a remediation report.
Alerting & runbooks
We eliminate noise and simplify response: alerts trigger concrete actions, and runbooks automate routine (AIOps).
Correlation
Group alarms by services and deployments; reduce duplicates.
Automations
Restart, scale‑out, flush cache, feature flags — executed safely.
On‑call
Escalations, quiet hours and team fatigue reports.
Incident management
Process
Roles (commander, scribe), timeline, communications and SLAs.
Post‑mortems
Blameless, corrective actions, and effectiveness tracking.
KPIs
MTTA/MTTR, recurring patterns and runbook coverage.
Stack & standards
We map audit findings to established standards and tools. This makes the improvement plan measurable and verifiable.
NIST 800‑53
Technical and operational controls. NIST documentation
CIS Benchmarks
System and cloud configuration. CIS Benchmarks
OWASP ASVS & SLSA
Applications and supply chain. OWASP ASVS • SLSA
Engagement models
Rapid audit
Top risks, 12 controls in a nutshell, and a 30‑60‑90 day plan.
Automations
Runbooks as code, integrations and low‑noise alerting.
On‑call & incidents
Processes, training, KPI reviews and continuous improvement.
See also: Monitoring AIOps/SRE and Automated testing.
FAQ — SRE Security Audit
Where does the audit start?
How do we reduce alert noise?
Do you need ML for AIOps?
How long does implementation take?
How do we measure impact?
Pillar & clusters — related content
CI/CD — standardization
Pipeline templates, quality gates and artifact signing.
Automated testing
Test pyramid, API contracts and stable E2E.
API integrations
Contracts, interface security and observability.
Want to run an SRE security audit and tidy up alerting?
Short consultation (20 min) — we’ll prepare a 30‑60‑90 day plan and estimate the impact on MTTR.