Cloud Security Assessment: Harden Your Multi-Cloud Infrastructure
Secure your AWS, Azure, and GCP environments with deep-dive configuration audits, IAM entitlement reviews, and offensive cloud security testing—ensuring your cloud-native assets are resilient against misconfigurations, data exfiltration, and lateral movement.
"Cloud Security Assessment is a systematic technical evaluation of your multi-cloud infrastructure designed to identify misconfigurations, excessive IAM permissions, and architectural flaws that could lead to data breaches or service disruptions."
Unlike standard perimeter security, cloud security operates under the shared responsibility model. We audit the control plane, storage buckets, container registries, and serverless functions to ensure complete coverage of your AWS, Azure, or GCP estate.
By combining automated configuration reviews with manual penetration testing of cloud-native services, we help organizations understand how attackers could move laterally within their cloud environment and what the actual business impact would be.
"In the cloud, identity is the new perimeter—misconfigured IAM is the #1 gateway for modern data exfiltration."
Cloud Security:
Securing the Shared
Responsibility Model
Infrastructure Visualization
The Real Cost of Cloud Misconfigurations
Misconfiguration: The #1 Cloud Threat
Gartner predicts that through 2025, 99% of cloud security failures will be the customer's fault, primarily due to preventable misconfigurations.
Blast Radius & Lateral Movement
One exposed API key or misconfigured IAM role can allow an attacker to move laterally across your entire cloud estate, compromising production databases and backups.
Hidden Financial & Regulatory Risks
Beyond data exfiltration, cloud breaches lead to massive cryptojacking bills, high-tier regulatory fines, and permanent loss of customer trust.
Global Cloud Threat Landscape
Aligned with CSA Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM)
Identity & Entitlement Over-privilege
Misconfigured IAM roles and excessive permissions leading to full account takeover.
Storage Bucket Exposure
Unprotected S3, Blob, or Cloud Storage buckets leaking sensitive PII and trade secrets.
Insecure APIs & Control Plane
Vulnerable management endpoints allowing unauthorized manipulation of cloud infrastructure.
Serverless Logic Vulnerabilities
Exploitable flaws in AWS Lambda or Azure Functions allowing code injection or privilege escalation.
Cryptojacking & Resource Abuse
Compromised credentials used to spin up massive compute clusters for illegal mining.
Subdomain Takeover
Stale DNS records pointing to abandoned cloud resources hijacked by attackers.
Container & Registry Escape
Misconfigured Kubernetes pods or Docker containers allowing access to the host node.
Shadow Cloud Data
Unmonitored or abandoned cloud databases remaining exposed without security oversight.
Secrets Leakage (CI/CD)
Hardcoded API keys and cloud secrets leaked in Git repositories or deployment pipelines.
SSRF in Cloud Workloads
Exploiting Server-Side Request Forgery to access internal metadata services and steal tokens.
Identity & Entitlement Over-privilege
Misconfigured IAM roles and excessive permissions leading to full account takeover.
Storage Bucket Exposure
Unprotected S3, Blob, or Cloud Storage buckets leaking sensitive PII and trade secrets.
Insecure APIs & Control Plane
Vulnerable management endpoints allowing unauthorized manipulation of cloud infrastructure.
Serverless Logic Vulnerabilities
Exploitable flaws in AWS Lambda or Azure Functions allowing code injection or privilege escalation.
Cryptojacking & Resource Abuse
Compromised credentials used to spin up massive compute clusters for illegal mining.
Subdomain Takeover
Stale DNS records pointing to abandoned cloud resources hijacked by attackers.
Container & Registry Escape
Misconfigured Kubernetes pods or Docker containers allowing access to the host node.
Shadow Cloud Data
Unmonitored or abandoned cloud databases remaining exposed without security oversight.
Secrets Leakage (CI/CD)
Hardcoded API keys and cloud secrets leaked in Git repositories or deployment pipelines.
SSRF in Cloud Workloads
Exploiting Server-Side Request Forgery to access internal metadata services and steal tokens.
Why Cloud Security Assessment is Critical
Cloud Security Assessment goes beyond checking boxes—it provides a deep-dive evaluation of your shared responsibility controls, ensuring your multi-cloud infrastructure is architected for both scale and resilient security.
Eliminate Resource Misconfigurations
Identify and remediate exposed storage buckets, insecure network peering, and orphaned resources before they lead to data exfiltration.
Harden Identity & Access Controls
Enforce Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP) by identifying over-privileged IAM roles, stale credentials, and insecure entitlement flows.
Ensure Continuous Regulatory Alignment
Meet global standards including SOC2, GDPR, and DPDP with validated findings aligned to CIS Benchmarks and CSA Cloud Controls Matrix.
Prevent Cloud Cost Spikes
Block unauthorized resource provisioning and cryptojacking by identifying compromised credentials and insecure cloud management APIs.
Comprehensive Assessment Scope
Our cloud security assessment evaluates the four critical foundational layers of your architecture. We ensure that your identity, network, data, and configurations are resilient against modern exploitation techniques.
Identity & Access Management
Validating that 'Identity as the new perimeter' is secure.
Network Architecture & Perimeter
Ensuring the blast radius is minimized if a breach occurs.
Data Security & Storage
Preventing data leaks and ensuring strict access controls.
Posture & Configuration
Ensuring foundational configuration is resilient to exploitation.
Our Assessment Methodology
Our methodology combines advanced configuration audits, automated analysis, and manual offensive testing to identify misconfigurations across identity, storage, and networking layers.
Scope &
Cloud Inventory
We define the multi-cloud scope and identify all assets, including unmanaged or shadow resources, to map the complete attack surface.
Configuration &
IAM Audit
Deep-dive analysis of control plane settings and IAM policies against CIS Benchmarks to identify excessive permissions and flaws.
Vulnerability
Research
Manual and automated technical assessment of cloud services, including storage buckets, databases, and compute instances.
Gap & Impact
Analysis
Consolidating findings into a prioritized risk assessment, mapping technical flaws to potential business impact and complex exploitability.
Remediation
Blueprint
Delivering a comprehensive roadmap for closing identified security gaps and aligning your cloud infrastructure with industry best practices.
What You Receive
We provide more than just a list of misconfigurations—you receive a technical roadmap and formal attestation to harden your multi-cloud environment.
"A comprehensive analysis of VPC, IAM, and control plane flaws with real proof-of-concept evidence and severity scoring—eliminating false positives. We provide high-fidelity reporting that secures your multi-cloud infrastructure."
"A comprehensive analysis of VPC, IAM, and control plane flaws with real proof-of-concept evidence and severity scoring—eliminating false positives. We provide high-fidelity reporting that secures your multi-cloud infrastructure."
Why Choose Arridae
We bridge the gap between shared responsibility and actual security—delivering validated, offensive-centric cloud assessments that help you eliminate blind spots and reduce organizational risk.
Multi-Cloud Offensive Expertise
Deep-dive testing across AWS, Azure, and GCP using cloud-native attack techniques to identify misconfigurations beyond automated scans.
Zero False Positives, Only Verified Risk
Every configuration finding is manually verified with proof-of-concept, ensuring your team focuses on remediating real, exploitable threats.
Identity-Centric Assessment Depth
A specialized focus on IAM entitlements and cross-account trusts to prevent the #1 cause of modern cloud data breaches.
Managed Remediation Guidance
We don't just find flaws; we provide engineering-level guidance to harden your infrastructure and ensure vulnerabilities are permanently closed.
CIS & CSA Framework Alignment
Assessments aligned with global benchmarks including CIS Foundations and the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix for audit readiness.
Strategic Attack Surface Reduction
Identifying shadow resources and abandoned cloud assets to minimize your organizational blast radius and reduce cloud costs.
“In the cloud, security is not a status—it's an architectural commitment.”
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Security Q&A
Commonly asked questions about our Cloud Security Assessment process, shared responsibility, and technical delivery.