Security Engineering / Cloud Security
Cloud Security
Most cloud breaches come from misconfiguration, not advanced attacks: a public storage bucket, an admin key in a repository, a database open to the internet. We review your AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud setup against CIS Benchmarks and fix what puts you at risk.
What Is a Cloud Security Assessment?
A cloud security assessment is a review of how your cloud accounts are configured, covering identity and access, storage, networking, encryption, logging, and workloads such as containers and serverless functions. It finds misconfigurations and excessive permissions, compares your setup with standards like the CIS Benchmarks, and gives you a prioritized plan to fix them.
The Shared Responsibility Model, in Plain Terms
Your cloud provider secures the infrastructure. You secure everything you configure on top of it. Most cloud incidents happen on your side of that line.
Your Provider Secures | You Secure |
Physical data centers | Users, roles, and access keys |
Hardware and host machines | Security groups, firewalls, and public endpoints |
Core network infrastructure | Storage permissions and encryption settings |
Virtualization layer | Logging, monitoring, and alerting |
Managed service infrastructure | Your applications, containers, and secrets |
This Is For You If...
Your cloud account grew fast and nobody has reviewed permissions since
Former employees or contractors may still have access
You're preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA
Your cloud provider or a security tool flags issues you don't understand
You're moving workloads into the cloud or between clouds
What We Assess
Identity & Access (IAM)
Over-permissive roles, unused users and keys, missing MFA, root or owner account use, long-lived access keys, and service account permissions.
Storage & Data
Public S3 buckets, Azure Blob containers, and Google Cloud Storage buckets, shared snapshots, encryption at rest, and backup exposure.
Network Exposure
Security groups and firewall rules open to the whole internet, public databases and admin ports, VPC design, and private connectivity.
Secrets & Keys
Credentials in code, environment variables, and CI/CD pipelines, key rotation, and use of a secrets manager.
Logging & Monitoring
AWS CloudTrail, Azure Activity Log, and Google Cloud Audit Logs enabled and protected, with alerts for risky changes. See Monitoring & Observability.
Containers & Kubernetes
Cluster access, pod security, image vulnerabilities, network policies, and exposed dashboards. See Kubernetes.
Serverless & Managed Services
Function permissions, public endpoints, and API gateway settings.
Common Cloud Misconfigurations We Find
Misconfiguration | Why It's Dangerous |
Public storage bucket | Anyone can download your files or customer data |
Admin keys in code or CI/CD | One leaked repository gives full account control |
Database open to the internet | Exposed to constant brute-force attempts and data theft |
No MFA on admin accounts | A stolen password is enough for a takeover |
Audit logging disabled | You can't tell what happened after an incident |
Unused users and access keys | Old access becomes a quiet backdoor |
Platforms and Standards
We assess AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, plus Kubernetes on any provider. Findings are benchmarked against the CIS Benchmarks for each platform and mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or GDPR controls when you need compliance evidence.
What You Get
Findings ranked by risk, per account and per service
CIS Benchmark results for each cloud account
Step-by-step fixes for the console, CLI, and Terraform
Least-privilege IAM recommendations
Optional fixes applied by our engineers using infrastructure as code
A retest and a shareable summary
What We Need From You
What to Share | Why It Helps |
Read-only access, such as the AWS SecurityAudit policy, Azure Reader, or the Google Cloud Security Reviewer role | Lets us review settings without changing anything |
The accounts, subscriptions, or projects in scope | Defines what we assess |
An architecture overview, if you have one | Speeds up understanding of how services connect |
Your compliance goals | Shapes how findings are mapped and reported |
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Instinct | Why It Doesn't Help | Do This Instead |
Assuming the provider handles security | Configuration is your responsibility | Review IAM, storage, and network settings regularly |
Giving everyone admin access | One compromised account exposes everything | Use least-privilege roles and MFA |
Fixing issues by hand in the console | Manual fixes drift back over time | Codify fixes in infrastructure as code |
Reviewing once and never again | New services and people change your risk every week | Add continuous posture checks plus periodic reviews |
How It Works
1. Scope and access
Accounts agreed, read-only access granted
2. Posture scan
Automated checks against CIS Benchmarks
3. Manual review
IAM, network paths, and data exposure reviewed by an engineer
4. Report
Risk-ranked findings with fixes
5. Fix
We apply fixes or guide your team
6. Retest
Confirm the gaps are closed
Why Codersarts
We build and run cloud infrastructure as well as secure it, so fixes are practical, tested, and won't break production. See Cloud Engineering.
Turnaround Time
A single cloud account typically takes 3 to 7 working days, including the report. Multi-account and multi-cloud environments are scoped individually.
FAQ
What causes most cloud breaches?
Misconfiguration and stolen credentials: public storage, excessive permissions, and leaked access keys, rather than flaws in the cloud provider itself.
Do you need admin access to our cloud?
No. The assessment uses read-only access. Changes are only made later, with your approval.
Do you cover multi-cloud setups?
Yes. We assess AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud in the same engagement and report on them together.
What is CSPM?
Cloud Security Posture Management tools check your configuration continuously. We can set one up after the assessment so new issues are caught as soon as they appear.
Can the assessment also cut our cloud costs?
Often, yes. Unused resources found during the review can be removed. See Cloud Cost Optimization.
Is our project kept confidential?
Yes. Your data, code, and results stay confidential, and an NDA is available on request.
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