Cloud penetration testing
AWS, Azure and Google Cloud environments tested for misconfiguration and identity abuse.
- Identity and access management policies
- Storage exposure and data access
- Network security groups and exposure
- Compute, container and serverless workloads
- Secrets, keys and metadata services
- Logging and monitoring coverage
The business problem
In the cloud, identity is the perimeter. An over permissive role or a public storage bucket can expose an entire account without a single exploit.
Scope of assessment
Scope is agreed with you before any work starts. A typical engagement covers the areas below, adjusted to your environment, your priorities and any testing windows you need.
- Identity and access management policies
- Storage exposure and data access
- Network security groups and exposure
- Compute, container and serverless workloads
- Secrets, keys and metadata services
- Logging and monitoring coverage
Methodology
Automated coverage first, then manual work where it counts. Every finding is validated before it reaches you.
- Discovery
- Reconnaissance
- Threat modeling
- Scanning
- Manual testing
- Exploitation
- Validation
- Risk analysis
- Reporting
- Remediation support
- Retesting
Typical engagement timeline
Often one to three weeks. Depends on accounts and services.
Standards and references
- CIS Benchmarks for cloud
- Cloud provider well architected guidance
- MITRE ATT&CK for cloud
Tools and techniques
- Cloud configuration analysis
- Privilege escalation path mapping
- Provider native tooling
- Manual exploitation
What you receive.
- Executive summary for leadership
- Technical findings with evidence
- Severity and business risk rating
- Step by step remediation guidance
- Retest results
Benefits
- Know which weaknesses are real and exploitable
- Fix in the order that reduces the most risk
- Give leadership and auditors clear evidence
- Confirm fixes work through retesting
Cloud penetration testing report
Executive summary
Each finding: evidence, impact, steps to reproduce, fix.
Why us.
- Experienced security professionalsAssessments are led by practitioners who do this work every day.
- Offensive security expertiseWe think like attackers because that is our core discipline.
- Manual validationEvery finding is confirmed by a person before it reaches your report.
- Enterprise focused assessmentsScoping, communication and reporting that fit large organisations.
- Transparent reportingEvidence, reproduction steps and plain language. No padding.
- Actionable remediationSpecific fixes your developers and administrators can apply.
Questions.
How long does a penetration test take?
It depends on scope. A single application often takes one to three weeks, and larger estates take longer. We confirm the timeline during scoping, before work begins.
What does a security assessment report contain?
An executive summary, scope and methodology, each finding with severity, evidence and reproduction steps, the business risk, and specific remediation guidance.
Do you provide remediation support?
Yes. We walk your developers and administrators through each finding and stay available for questions while they fix it.
Do you provide retesting?
Yes. Once fixes are in place we retest the affected items and update the report with the verified status.
What security standards do you follow?
Our work references the OWASP Top 10, OWASP API Security Top 10, OWASP ASVS, OWASP MASVS, CWE Top 25, PTES, NIST guidance and MITRE ATT&CK, as applicable to the engagement.