Cloud Penetration Testing.
AWS, Azure and GCP environment audits - IAM, networking, workloads and CI/CD pipelines. Identity-first, because that is where modern breaches start.
Three approaches. One uncompromising standard.
Choose the depth of engagement that matches your risk profile and reporting needs.
Configuration review
A read-only audit of your cloud environment against the CIS Foundations Benchmark and vendor best-practice baselines. No active exploitation.
- CIS Foundations Benchmark coverage
- Misconfiguration & public exposure
- IAM policy & SCP review
- Logging & monitoring coverage
Threat-led assessment
Live testing simulating an adversary with low-privilege access. We chain misconfigurations into privilege escalation and lateral movement.
- Initial access & recon
- Privilege escalation paths
- Lateral movement across accounts
- Data exfiltration validation
White-box review
Architecture-aware deep dive with full diagrams, IaC, and IAM policies available. Best coverage and signal-to-noise on remediation.
- Architecture & trust-boundary review
- IaC (Terraform/CDK) security review
- CI/CD pipeline hardening
- Secrets management review
The full surface - tested manually.
Four ways to scope this service.
AWS Environment Audit
Multi-account AWS reviews - Organizations, SCPs, IAM, networking and managed services.
- Organizations & SCP review
- IAM & AssumeRole chains
- S3, KMS & data-store exposure
Azure Environment Audit
Azure subscriptions and tenancy review - Entra ID, RBAC, and resource-group hardening.
- Entra ID & conditional access
- RBAC & subscription boundaries
- Storage & Key Vault exposure
GCP Environment Audit
Google Cloud project reviews - organisation policies, IAM and workload identity.
- Organisation & folder policies
- IAM & service-account hygiene
- GCS & Secret Manager review
Kubernetes & Container Security
EKS/AKS/GKE clusters, RBAC, admission control and supply-chain coverage.
- RBAC & PSA enforcement
- Image & supply-chain review
- Network policy & ingress audit
Six clearly-defined phases.
From scoping call to remediated environment - each step has a deliverable, a check-in and a documented owner.
Define Scope
Goals, asset inventory, RoE and success criteria.
Information Gathering
Recon, fingerprinting and threat modelling.
Identification
Vulnerability discovery and validation.
Attack & Penetration
Manual exploitation & chain analysis.
Reporting
Executive & technical deliverables.
Remediation Support
Fix guidance & debrief session.
Outcomes you can measure.
Multi-cloud capability
Same standard across AWS, Azure, GCP.
IAM-first approach
Most cloud breaches start with identity.
Workload-level review
Containers, serverless, managed services.
Architecture-aware
Findings tied to the controls your auditors care about.
Deliverables.
Executive summary
Board-ready overview - risk posture, business impact, recommended priorities.
Technical report
Every finding with reproduction steps, evidence, CVSS & business-impact scores.
Remediation tracker
Jira / Linear-ready issue list with severity, owner and acceptance criteria.
About cloud penetration testing.
Do you need full admin access?
Will testing impact running workloads?
Can you assess CSP Foundations Benchmarks?
Do you test Terraform / IaC?
What about hybrid (on-prem + cloud) environments?
Let's scope your cloud penetration testing.
A 30-minute call. A fixed quote within two business days.