Sample evidence pack

A dated record of what was found on a company's domains, what was fixed, by whom and when, with each finding's level, owner and due date. This sample is for a fictional company.

Sample only. Example Engineering Ltd is a fictional company and the domains are example domains reserved for documentation.

ZoneAudit Evidence Pack

Example Engineering Ltd

Domains in scope
example.com, example.net, example.org
Period
1 September to 6 October 2026
Prepared on
6 October 2026
Scans in this period
1 September 2026, 15 September 2026, 29 September 2026, 6 October 2026
Findings5
Fixed and confirmed3
Open, with an owner and date2
  1. Act nowEP-001 · ACT_NOW

    legacy-mail.example.com still pointed to a server that was retired. Anyone who took over that address could have received the company's mail.

    Action: Remove the legacy-mail record.

    Found
    29 Sep 2026
    Owner
    Mail administrator
    Due
    29 Sep 2026
    Approved by
    Head of IT
    Fixed by
    Mail administrator, 29 Sep 2026
    Confirmed
    By the scan of 6 Oct 2026
  2. Next business dayEP-002 · NEXT_BUSINESS_DAY

    billing.example.com had DMARC set to 'none', so mail pretending to be the billing team was not blocked.

    Action: Move the DMARC policy to 'quarantine'.

    Found
    29 Sep 2026
    Owner
    Finance systems lead
    Due
    30 Sep 2026
    Approved by
    Head of IT
    Fixed by
    Finance systems lead, 30 Sep 2026
    Confirmed
    By the scan of 6 Oct 2026
  3. Next business dayEP-003 · NEXT_BUSINESS_DAY

    The certificate on portal.example.com expires in 9 days.

    Action: Renew the certificate.

    Found
    6 Oct 2026
    Owner
    Web platform team
    Due
    7 Oct 2026
    Status
    Open
  4. Next reviewEP-004 · NEXT_REVIEW

    example.net has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue certificates for it.

    Action: Add a CAA record naming the authority in use.

    Found
    15 Sep 2026
    Owner
    Network team
    Due
    13 Oct 2026
    Approved by
    Head of IT
    Fixed by
    Network team, 22 Sep 2026
    Confirmed
    By the scan of 29 Sep 2026
  5. Next reviewEP-005 · NEXT_REVIEW

    example.org is registered but serves no site or mail, and has no SPF record saying it sends none.

    Action: Publish an SPF record that allows no senders ('v=spf1 -all').

    Found
    1 Sep 2026
    Owner
    Network team
    Due
    13 Oct 2026
    Status
    Open

Levels

Act now ACT_NOW
Exposed today; act the same day.
Next business day NEXT_BUSINESS_DAY
Needs action by the next business day.
Next review NEXT_REVIEW
Handle at the next scheduled review.