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Cloud Security Assessment

A hands-on review of your cloud environment — AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace — that finds the misconfigurations attackers look for and shows you how to close them.

Moving to the cloud changed where your risk lives, but it did not remove it. The providers secure the underlying infrastructure; you are responsible for how you configure and use it. That shared-responsibility line is where most cloud breaches happen — not through some exotic exploit, but through an over-permissive access policy, a storage bucket left open, a mailbox without multi-factor authentication, or an admin account nobody remembered to lock down. Our Cloud Security Assessment finds those gaps before an attacker does.

We review the environments small and mid-sized businesses actually run: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace, on their own or in combination. We look at identity and access management, how your data is stored and encrypted, network exposure, logging and monitoring, and the configuration of the specific services you depend on. The result is a clear picture of your real cloud risk, not a generic checklist that ignores how your business actually works.

Our assessment aligns to recognized standards so the findings are grounded and defensible. We measure your configuration against the CIS Benchmarks for your platforms, apply the guidance in the Cloud Security Alliance framework, and use your provider's own well-architected security principles as a reference. Where compliance obligations apply — a framework your customers require, or regulations tied to the data you hold — we map findings to them so the report supports both security and audit needs.

Because we are senior-led, the person reviewing your environment has seen how these systems fail in the real world. We do not just flag a setting that differs from a benchmark; we explain what it means for your business, how an attacker would use it, and what to change. You get remediation guidance prioritized by real risk, written so your team or your IT provider can act on it without needing us to translate every line.

What you get

  • Identity & access review an examination of user accounts, roles, permissions, and multi-factor authentication to find over-privileged access and weak sign-in controls.
  • Configuration benchmarking your environment measured against the CIS Benchmarks for AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, or Google Workspace, with clear pass and fail detail.
  • Data exposure & encryption check a review of how your data is stored, who can reach it, and whether it is encrypted at rest and in transit as it should be.
  • Network & perimeter analysis identification of internet-exposed services, open ports, and network paths that widen your attack surface unnecessarily.
  • Logging & monitoring assessment a check of whether you would actually see an attack in progress — audit logging, alerting, and retention across your cloud services.
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap findings ranked by real risk with specific, actionable fixes your team or IT provider can implement.
  • Written report & walkthrough a documented assessment plus a review session so the results and priorities are understood, not just delivered.

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// How we work

Our methodology

  1. 1Scoping & access setupWe agree on which cloud platforms and services are in scope, then set up the least-privileged, read-level access we need to review your configuration without disrupting anything.
  2. 2Identity & access reviewWe examine accounts, roles, permissions, and authentication controls to find over-privileged access, dormant admin accounts, and weak or missing multi-factor authentication.
  3. 3Configuration benchmarkingWe measure your environment against the CIS Benchmarks for each platform and apply Cloud Security Alliance and well-architected guidance to assess data protection, network exposure, and service settings.
  4. 4Risk analysisWe interpret the findings in the context of your business, rating each issue by how an attacker would exploit it and what the impact would be, so the priorities reflect real risk rather than raw counts.
  5. 5Reporting & roadmapWe deliver a written report and a prioritized remediation roadmap, then walk your team through it so the most important fixes and the reasoning behind them are clear.
// FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Isn't the cloud secure by default because the provider handles security?
Only partly, and the gap is where breaches happen. Under the shared-responsibility model, your provider secures the physical infrastructure and the core platform, but you are responsible for configuring identity, access, data protection, and the services you use. The default settings are rarely the secure settings for a real business. This assessment focuses on the part you own, which is exactly the part attackers target.
We only use Microsoft 365 and email. Do we need this?
Yes, and Microsoft 365 is one of the most attacked environments there is. Business email compromise, mailbox rule abuse, and account takeover through weak or missing multi-factor authentication are common and costly. We review your Microsoft 365 tenant configuration, admin roles, sign-in security, and data-sharing settings, because a single compromised mailbox can lead to fraud, data theft, and a foothold in the rest of your business.
What standards do you assess against?
We benchmark your configuration against the CIS Benchmarks for your specific platforms, apply the Cloud Security Alliance framework for broader cloud risk, and reference your provider's well-architected security guidance. These are the recognized standards for cloud security, which means the findings are grounded in established best practice rather than one assessor's opinion.
How is this different from a vulnerability scan?
A vulnerability scan looks for known software flaws. A cloud security assessment looks at how your environment is configured and governed — identity, permissions, data exposure, logging, and service settings. Most cloud incidents are not caused by an unpatched flaw; they are caused by a misconfiguration or an over-permissive account. Scanning is useful, but it will miss the issues this assessment is designed to find.
Will this disrupt our environment or our users?
No. The assessment is primarily a review of configuration and settings, conducted with read-level access and in coordination with your team. We are examining how things are set up, not changing them or stress-testing them, so your users should not notice anything. If you later want active exploitation testing, that is a separate, carefully scoped engagement.
We use more than one cloud platform. Can you assess all of them?
Yes. Many businesses run a mix — AWS or Azure for infrastructure, Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace for email and productivity. We assess each platform against its own benchmarks and, importantly, look at how they connect, because the seams between systems are where risk often hides. You get one coherent report covering your whole cloud footprint.
What access do you need from us?
Typically read-level access to the environments in scope and time with whoever administers them. We will guide you through provisioning the least-privileged access that lets us see the configuration, and we scope it tightly. You stay in control of what we can reach, and we remove our access as soon as the engagement is complete.
Does this help with compliance requirements?
It can. Where a framework or regulation applies to your business, we map relevant findings to it so the report supports your compliance efforts alongside your security goals. Cloud configuration is a common area of scrutiny, and having a benchmarked, documented assessment makes those conversations with customers, auditors, and insurers far easier.
What do we get at the end?
A written report with your findings, a benchmark of your configuration against the relevant standards, and a remediation roadmap prioritized by actual risk. We then walk your team through it so you understand what matters most and why. The deliverable is built to be acted on, whether your staff or your IT provider does the work.
Can you help us fix what you find?
Yes. Some clients take the roadmap and execute it themselves or hand it to their IT provider; others engage us to help implement and verify the fixes. Either path works. Our aim is a measurably more secure cloud environment, so we are happy to stay involved through remediation or step back once you have a clear plan.
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