Overview

In today’s rapidly evolving cloud environments, organizations face escalating risks from misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and compliance gaps—often introduced through human error or automation drift. Many businesses—especially those undergoing digital transformation—lack continuous visibility into their cloud infrastructure, leaving them exposed to data breaches, unauthorized access, and regulatory penalties. Cloud Configuration Reviews provide expert-led assessments of your cloud environments to identify and remediate security weaknesses before they’re exploited.

What is a Cloud Configuration Review?

A Cloud Configuration Review is a comprehensive security audit of your cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) that evaluates settings, permissions, and architectural patterns against industry best practices and compliance frameworks. Our certified cloud security experts analyze your environment to uncover misconfigurations, overprivileged identities, and architectural risks that could lead to data exposure or system compromise.

Key Focus Areas

Our reviews target critical cloud security risks, including (but not limited to):

✅ Identity & Access Management (IAM) Risks

• Overprivileged roles, inactive users, and broken inheritance rules
  ✅ Data Storage Misconfigurations

• Unencrypted S3 buckets, publicly accessible databases, or insecure blob storage
  ✅ Network Security Gaps

• Open security groups, unlogged VPC flows, or exposed management ports
  ✅ Logging & Monitoring Deficiencies

• Disabled CloudTrail/Azure Activity Logs, missing GuardDuty alerts
  ✅ Compliance Violations

• Deviations from CIS Benchmarks, PCI DSS, or HIPAA requirements
  ✅ Serverless & Container Risks

• Overpermissive Lambda roles, unsecured EKS/GKE clusters
  ✅ DevOps Pipeline Vulnerabilities

• Hardcoded secrets in CI/CD, unprotected artifact repositories
  ✅ Third-Party Integration Exposures

• OAuth app overprivileging, SaaS-to-cloud access risks

How We Execute Cloud Configuration Reviews

We combine automated scanning with manual analysis for depth and accuracy:

1. Environment Discovery

   • Map all cloud accounts, regions, and services in scope

2. Automated Baseline Scanning

   • Run tools like AWS Config, Azure Policy, or Prisma Cloud to flag deviations

3. Manual Deep-Dive Analysis

   • Investigate:

     • IAM trust relationships and permission boundaries

     • Data flow diagrams for shadow IT services

     • Cross-account access patterns

4. Attack Path Simulation

   • Use breach-and-attack simulation tools to validate exploitability

5. Prioritized Reporting

   • Deliver findings categorized by:

     • Critical: Actively exploitable (e.g., public RDP ports)

     • High: Potential privilege escalation paths

     • Medium: Compliance gaps without direct exploit chains

6. Remediation Playbooks

   • Provide step-by-step fixes with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates

7. Continuous Monitoring Setup

   • Recommend CSPM tools and alerting rules for ongoing governance

Our Methodologies

We align with leading standards and tools:

✅ CIS Cloud Benchmarks
✅ AWS Well-Architected Framework / Azure CAF
✅ MITRE Cloud Matrix
✅ NIST SP 800-144 (Cloud Security)
✅ Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Tools

• AWS Security Hub, Azure Defender, GCP Security Command Center

Why Choose Cloud Configuration Reviews?

• Certified Experts: AWS/Azure/GCP-certified architects with OSCP/CISSP

• Actionable Results: 90% of findings include Terraform/CloudFormation fixes

• Compliance Mapping: Directly link gaps to HIPAA, SOC 2, or ISO 27001 controls

• Proven Impact: Reduced cloud breach risks by 68% for clients in 2023

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