Enterprise Database Assessments

Introduction

Enterprise database assessments are the structured reviews regulators, security teams and architecture review boards run on a MongoDB deployment. Passing them is mostly about evidence: clear topology, documented controls, working alerts, recent drill records.

Understanding the topic

The enterprise assessment scorecard:

• Identity — federated SSO + MFA, no local users, role review evidence.
• Encryption — TLS in transit, CMEK at rest, CSFLE on sensitive fields.
• Network — PrivateLink/peering only; no 0.0.0.0/0; cluster not on public DNS.
• Backup & DR — RPO + RTO documented; restore drill within last 90 days.
• Observability — metrics + audit + slow-query log shipped to SIEM.
• Governance — resource policies, tags, cost allocation, change management.
• Incident management — runbooks, on-call rotation, postmortem culture.

Syntax reference

Evidence pack — what auditors will ask for:

□ Atlas Org → Users export (SSO-only, MFA on)
□ Project Resource Policies screenshot
□ Cluster page: backup ON, PIT ON, audit ON, CMEK key id
□ Network Peering config / PrivateLink resource id
□ Latest restore drill ticket + before/after checksums
□ SIEM dashboard URL (audit + metrics)
□ On-call schedule + runbooks repository link
□ Last 3 postmortems with action items closed

Best practices

• Treat the assessment as platform code — every checkbox enforced by Atlas Resource Policies.
• Capture evidence automatically (screenshots, JSON exports) into a quarterly evidence bundle.
• Practise the assessment internally before the auditors arrive.