diff --git a/management/server/policy.go b/management/server/policy.go
index 8fa1363925a..1e1374a2017 100644
--- a/management/server/policy.go
+++ b/management/server/policy.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
+	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -220,23 +221,11 @@ func (a *Account) getPeerConnectionResources(peerID string) ([]*nbpeer.Peer, []*
 			continue
 		}
 
-		peer, ok := a.Peers[peerID]
-		if !ok && peer == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		for _, postureChecksID := range policy.SourcePostureChecks {
-			postureChecks := getPostureCheck(a, postureChecksID)
-			if postureChecks == nil {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			for _, check := range postureChecks.Checks {
-				if err := check.Check(*peer); err != nil {
-					log.Debugf("an error occurred on check %s: %s", check.Name(), err.Error())
-					continue
-				}
-			}
+		// if peer validation fails, the peer should not be able to connect to the policy peer's
+		// we return an empty list of peers and firewall rule for that policy
+		err := a.validatePostureChecksOnPeer(policy.SourcePostureChecks, peerID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil
 		}
 
 		for _, rule := range policy.Rules {
@@ -294,6 +283,14 @@ func (a *Account) connResourcesGenerator() (func(*PolicyRule, []*nbpeer.Peer, in
 				if peer == nil {
 					continue
 				}
+
+				for _, policy := range a.Policies {
+					err := a.validatePostureChecksOnPeer(policy.SourcePostureChecks, peer.ID)
+					if err != nil {
+						continue
+					}
+				}
+
 				if _, ok := peersExists[peer.ID]; !ok {
 					peers = append(peers, peer)
 					peersExists[peer.ID] = struct{}{}
@@ -533,7 +530,29 @@ func getAllPeersFromGroups(account *Account, groups []string, peerID string) ([]
 	return filteredPeers, peerInGroups
 }
 
-func getPostureCheck(account *Account, postureChecksID string) *posture.Checks {
+func (a *Account) validatePostureChecksOnPeer(sourcePostureChecksID []string, peerID string) error {
+	peer, ok := a.Peers[peerID]
+	if !ok && peer == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("peer %s does not exists", peerID)
+	}
+
+	for _, postureChecksID := range sourcePostureChecksID {
+		postureChecks := getPostureChecks(a, postureChecksID)
+		if postureChecks == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for _, check := range postureChecks.Checks {
+			if err := check.Check(*peer); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("an error occurred on check %s: %s", check.Name(), err.Error())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getPostureChecks(account *Account, postureChecksID string) *posture.Checks {
 	for _, postureChecks := range account.PostureChecks {
 		if postureChecks.ID == postureChecksID {
 			return postureChecks