Service Overview

Structured audits that evaluate cloud configurations, identity, network, data protection, and operational controls to identify gaps, quantify risk, and deliver a prioritized remediation roadmap aligned with best practices and compliance requirements.

Core Audit Areas

• Identity & Access Management: Account hygiene, least‑privilege IAM policies, role separation, MFA coverage, service‑principal usage, and credential lifecycle.
• Network & Perimeter Controls: VPC/virtual network segmentation, security groups/NACLs, transit architectures, ingress/egress controls, and cloud firewall rule hygiene.
• Configuration & Hardening: Platform‑specific best practices (CIS Benchmarks), secure defaults, drift detection, and infrastructure‑as‑code review (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Data Protection & Encryption: Encryption at rest/in transit, key management (cloud KMS/HSM), secrets handling, and backup protection.
• Logging, Monitoring & Detection: Centralized logging, retention policies, SIEM/SOC integration, alerting coverage, and detection rule gaps.
• Workload & Container Security: Secure images, runtime protection, image signing, registry controls, and Kubernetes posture (RBAC, network policies).
• Cloud Service Posture & Permissions: Unused/over‑privileged services, public exposure (S3/Azure Blob/GCP buckets), and service misconfigurations.
• Operational Security & Change Control: CI/CD pipeline security, deployment gating, drift management, and emergency rollback procedures.
• Third‑Party & SaaS Integrations: OAuth/OIDC app review, delegated permissions, SaaS data flows, and vendor risk considerations.
• Compliance Mapping & Evidence: Controls mapped to frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI DSS, GDPR), evidence collection, and audit readiness checks.
• Threat Modeling & Risk Scoring: Cloud‑specific threat models, attack paths, business impact analysis, and prioritized risk scoring for remediation planning.
• Automation & Continuous Assurance: Policy‑as‑code, automated audits, drift detection, and continuous compliance pipelines.

Deliverables

• Executive summary with risk posture score and business‑impact highlights.
• Detailed technical findings with reproduction steps, evidence, and severity ratings.
• Prioritized remediation roadmap with estimated effort and risk reduction impact.
• Configuration templates, hardened IaC snippets, and quick‑fix remediation scripts.
• Detection and logging enhancement playbook (SIEM rules, alerting thresholds).
• Compliance mapping matrix and audit evidence package for assessors.
• Optional: follow‑up validation scan or continuous posture monitoring setup.

Audit Models

• Discovery & Baseline Audit (2–4 weeks): surface major misconfigurations and high‑risk exposures.
• In‑Depth Technical Audit (4–8 weeks): comprehensive review including IaC, container/Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Continuous Posture Assessment: recurring automated checks, scheduled manual reviews, and remediation verification.
• Maturity Assessment & Roadmap: assess people/process/technology maturity and provide a multi‑quarter improvement plan.

Why Choose Us

• Cloud security engineers with multi‑cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) and practical remediation focus.
• Actionable findings prioritized by business impact and operational effort.
• Emphasis on automation and repeatable controls to reduce future drift and audit burden.

Contact us to schedule a cloud protection audit and receive a tailored scope and timeline.