The framework our engineers use internally to assess an existing infrastructure environment before recommending any changes — the same one behind every engagement in our Professional Services practice.
Most infrastructure decisions get made against what the documentation says is running, not what's actually running. This checklist is the starting framework we use to close that gap before recommending anything — covering servers, network, security posture, and data centre facility conditions in one pass.
It's built to be used by an internal IT team as a self-assessment, or as a way to sanity-check a vendor's proposed audit before you commission it.
What's actually deployed versus what's documented.
Redundancy, segmentation, and single points of failure.
Firewall policy, access control, and patch status.
Whether backups are tested, not just scheduled.
Power redundancy, cooling, and physical access control.
Where institutional knowledge exists only in someone's head.
Professional Services engagements start with exactly this framework, applied to your environment.
