Cloud Security

Secure your cloud before misconfigurations are exploited.

Our CREST-certified consultants assess your AWS, Azure, and GCP environments, identifying misconfigurations, over-privileged IAM roles, insecure storage, and privilege escalation paths that put your data at risk.

Overview

What's included.

Multi-Cloud Coverage

Assessment coverage across all major cloud providers: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

IAM & Privilege Review

Deep review of identity and access management configurations, covering over-privileged roles, unused credentials, and privilege escalation paths.

Provider Best-Practice Aligned

We use industry-standard automated tooling to collect configuration data, then manually analyse findings against each platform's native security best practices.

Scope

Areas we can assess.

Identity & Access Management

Password policies, MFA enforcement, over-privileged users and roles, unused credentials, root account security, and access key management. Coverage varies by platform.

Storage & Data Security

Publicly accessible storage (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), encryption at rest, versioning, logging, access control lists, and MFA delete configuration.

Network & VPC Configuration

Security group rules, network ACLs, VPC flow logs, subnet configuration, routing tables, and peering connections assessed for overly permissive access.

Compute & Database Services

EC2/VM instances, public IP exposure, EBS/disk encryption, database backup and encryption settings, and load balancer TLS configuration.

Logging, Monitoring & Alerting

CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and equivalent platform logging configuration. Checks for disabled logging, missing alarms for critical events, and audit trail gaps.

Encryption & Key Management

KMS key rotation, certificate management, TLS enforcement across services, and encryption configuration for data at rest and in transit.

Methodology

How we work.

Step 01

Scoping

We define the cloud accounts, regions, services, and resource types in scope, along with any read-only access credentials required.

Step 02

Configuration Assessment

Automated assessment of cloud configurations across IAM, storage, networking, compute, logging, and encryption services, identifying misconfigurations and deviations from best practice.

Step 03

Manual Review & Validation

Consultant-led review of automated findings to validate results, eliminate false positives, and assess the business context and risk of each finding.

Step 04

Reporting & Debrief

Prioritised findings with severity ratings, practical remediation guidance, and a debrief session to walk through results with your team.

Deliverables

What you receive.

01

Cloud Security Report

A single report covering executive summary, per-finding detail with affected resource identifiers, severity ratings, evidence, and step-by-step remediation guidance.

02

Findings Debrief

A walkthrough of the results with your technical team, covering key findings, risk context, and remediation priorities, with time for questions.

03

Ongoing Support

Post-engagement support from the Illume team to answer questions about findings and remediation guidance.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Which cloud platforms do you assess?
We assess AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. Our consultants use a combination of industry-standard automated tooling and hands-on manual review to evaluate your cloud configuration against each platform's native security best practices.
What does a cloud security assessment involve?
We review IAM configuration and roles for over-privileged access, check storage services for public exposure, assess network security groups for overly permissive rules, evaluate compute and container security, review logging and monitoring coverage, and test for privilege escalation paths. We also check for hardcoded secrets and assess serverless function permissions.
Do you need admin access to our cloud environment?
We typically require read-only access to your cloud environment to perform a thorough configuration review. For privilege escalation testing, we may request a standard user account to simulate what an attacker could achieve with limited initial access. We agree all access requirements during scoping and can work within your change management processes.
How is a cloud assessment different from a penetration test?
A cloud security assessment focuses on how your cloud environment is configured: IAM policies, storage permissions, network rules, logging, and compliance posture. A penetration test focuses on exploiting vulnerabilities to gain unauthorised access. Both are valuable and complementary. Many organisations combine a cloud configuration review with network or application penetration testing for a complete picture.
Get Started

Ready to assess your cloud security?

Speak to a CREST-certified consultant. We'll scope your cloud environment assessment and provide a fixed-price proposal, with no obligation.