Security Theatre in Enterprise Networks

Security Theatre in Enterprise Networks

Disclaimer: The examples below are anonymised and aggregated across multiple engagements. The goal is to highlight recurring patterns, not embarrass any specific organisation. Security Theatre: Field Notes from the Inside The Scene Most environments I assess are not wide open. They have firewalls, policies, and controls that look sensible on a slide deck. The same weaknesses keep showing up anyway. Security gets implemented as a compliance checklist rather than an adversarial system. ...

February 19, 2026 · 7 min · 1292 words · Travis More