Architecture Review

Build Security Into Your Network Design

  • Map trust boundaries: Understand zones and data flows.
  • Find design gaps: Spot missing or misplaced controls.
  • Plan improvements: A prioritized architecture roadmap.

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Design-Level

Review

Analyst-Led

Assessment

Risk-Based

Reporting

What We Assess

Network Zones & Trust Boundaries

Network Zones & Trust Boundaries

Perimeter & DMZ Design

Perimeter & DMZ Design

Remote Access & VPN

Remote Access & VPN

Data Centre & Cloud Connectivity

Data Centre & Cloud Connectivity

Branch & WAN Connectivity

Branch & WAN Connectivity

Security Control Placement

Security Control Placement

Management & Admin Networks

Management & Admin Networks

Redundancy & Resilience

Redundancy & Resilience

Our Network Architecture Review Methodology

A design-level approach to assess how your network architecture protects critical assets.

Scope & Objectives
Scope & Objectives

Agree networks, sites, business priorities and review objectives.

Documentation Review
Documentation Review

Review network diagrams, data flows, standards and asset inventories.

Stakeholder Workshops
Stakeholder Workshops

Validate design intent and operations with network and security teams.

Zone & Boundary Analysis
Zone & Boundary Analysis

Assess segmentation design, trust boundaries and critical asset placement.

Control Placement Review
Control Placement Review

Evaluate firewalls, IDS/IPS, proxies and access controls in the design.

Resilience & Management Review
Resilience & Management Review

Assess redundancy, single points of failure and admin access paths.

Reporting
Reporting

Deliver design findings, risk ratings and target-state recommendations.

Roadmap & Follow-Up
Roadmap & Follow-Up

Agree a phased improvement roadmap and review progress.

Deliverables You Can Expect

Every engagement assesses design intent and implementation evidence, not diagrams alone.

Design weaknesses by zone and boundary, with evidence and risk ratings.

Board-ready overview of architecture risk and priorities.

Design changes for segmentation, control placement and resilience.

Phased plan to move from current to target architecture.
Deliverables You Can Expect

Supporting Services

Extend architecture review into segmentation testing, configuration review and penetration testing.

Network Segmentation Penetration

Network Segmentation Penetration

Test whether segmentation controls work as the design intends.

Configuration Audits

Configuration Audits

Review device configurations and firewall rules that implement the design.

VAPT Services

VAPT Services

Validate architecture weaknesses through controlled exploitation.

Cloud Security Audits

Cloud Security Audits

Review cloud network design and governance across your cloud estate.

Benefits of Network Security Architecture Review

An architecture review fixes design weaknesses that configuration and testing alone cannot.

Clear Trust Boundaries

Zones and data flows documented and understood.

Better Control Placement

Missing or misplaced controls identified.

Stronger Resilience

Single points of failure made visible.

Compliance & Audit Readiness

Documented design evidence for PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and RBI reviews.

Benefits Of Vulnerability Assessment

Why Security Teams Choose QRC

Design-level expertise. Practical recommendations. A roadmap your team can deliver.

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Listed by CERT-In as an empanelled information security auditing organization.

Design + Implementation View

Architecture intent checked against diagrams, configurations and evidence.

Risk-Based Prioritization

Findings ranked by exploitability and business impact, not just CVSS score.

Roadmap-Focused Outcomes

Recommendations phased so teams can plan and budget improvements.

Compliance-Ready Reporting

Structured outputs that support ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2 and other frameworks.

Post-Assessment Support

Our team remains available after delivery to support remediation planning and revalidation.

Case Studies

Client Results

How organizations have used QRC architecture reviews to strengthen network design.

PCI Case Studies

Network Architecture Resources

Practical guides and tools to help you design and maintain a secure network architecture.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A design-level assessment of how your network is structured and protected, covering zones, trust boundaries, perimeter, remote access, control placement and resilience.

An architecture review assesses the design. Segmentation testing proves whether isolation works in practice, and a firewall rule set review analyzes the rules that enforce it.

Network diagrams, data flows, device inventories and access to network and security teams for workshops. Configuration samples may be reviewed to confirm the design.

No active testing is performed by default. Segmentation or penetration testing can be added to validate findings.

Ready to Strengthen Your Network Design?

Define your networks and objectives, uncover design gaps, and move forward with a clear improvement roadmap.