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Cloud Security Assessment

A point-in-time architecture and configuration review benchmarked against CIS and provider-specific best practices, delivered with a prioritized remediation roadmap.

Overview

Understanding This Service

What It Is

A point-in-time review of your cloud architecture and configuration, benchmarked against CIS and provider-specific best practices, resulting in a clear, prioritized remediation roadmap.

Who It's For

Organizations that need an independent, expert view of their cloud environment, whether ahead of a compliance audit, after rapid infrastructure growth, or simply to validate existing controls.

When It's Needed

Before a compliance audit, after a major cloud migration or infrastructure change, or as a baseline before standing up ongoing posture monitoring.

Common Challenges

Why Clients Request This Service

Unknown Configuration Drift

Complex Cloud Architecture

Identity & Access Sprawl

Upcoming Compliance Audits

What's Included

Scope of Testing

Scope is tailored per engagement, but most assessments draw from the following.

Architecture Review

Evaluation of network design, segmentation, and trust boundaries.

Configuration Benchmarking

Settings assessed against CIS benchmarks and provider-specific guidance.

Identity & Access Review

IAM policies, privilege escalation paths, and over-permissioned roles.

Service-Level Review

Storage, compute, networking, and managed service configurations.

Reporting

Detailed findings with risk ratings and a prioritized remediation roadmap.

Our Approach

How We Run This Engagement

1

Planning

Scope definition, account access, and authorization sign-off.

2

Configuration Review

Benchmarking settings against CIS and provider-specific standards.

3

Architecture Analysis

Assessing network design, segmentation, and identity structure.

4

Reporting

Executive and technical findings delivered with clear risk ratings.

5

Roadmap Delivery

A prioritized remediation plan sequenced by risk and effort.

Deliverables

What You Walk Away With

Executive Summary

A board-ready overview of cloud risk posture and key findings.

Technical Findings

Detailed, reproducible findings for your engineering and platform teams.

Risk Ratings

Findings ranked by real-world exploitability and business impact.

Benchmark Mapping

Findings mapped directly to CIS and provider-specific control IDs.

Remediation Roadmap

A sequenced plan for addressing findings by priority and effort.

Architecture Recommendations

Guidance on segmentation, identity design, and structural improvements.

Related Frameworks

This service commonly supports requirements under:

SOC 2
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
HIPAA
Why Our Approach

What Makes Our Testing Different

Senior-Led Engagements
Manual Review
Fast Turnaround
Business-Focused Reporting
Faqs

Questions About Cloud Security Assessment

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