Cloud Security Assessments
Talk to us now!What is Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment?
Ensuring the security of your cloud infrastructure is critical in today's digital landscape. Aress offers comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment to identify misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and potential security risks within your cloud environment.
Cloud security assessment invloves an in-depth configuration review to find out for any security misconfigurations, vulnerability scanning by leveraging industry-leading vulnerability scanning tools to detect known weaknesses within your cloud infrastructure followed by penetration testing to simulate real-world attacks to exploit potential vulnerabilities and assess the effectiveness of your security controls.
Why is Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment important?
There are multiple benefits of getting Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment done. Some of the most important are listed below.
Proactive Vulnerability Detection
Identify and address security weaknesses before they can be exploited by attackers.
Enhanced Cloud Security Posture
Gain a comprehensive understanding of your cloud security posture and take steps to improve it.
Compliance Assurance
Meet industry regulations and compliance requirements related to cloud security.
Reduced Risk & Improved Business Continuity
Minimise the potential for security breaches and ensure the smooth operation of your cloud-based applications.
How do we perform Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment?
STEP 1Planning & Scoping
We gather necessary information about your cloud configuration and security controls, including securely obtaining access key and secret access key credentials. We will provide detailed instructions on how to securely share these credentials in a temporary and least privileged manner.
STEP 2Configuration Review
We deeply analyse your cloud configurations to identify deviations from security best practices. This includes reviewing security groups, access controls, storage encryption, and other critical settings.
STEP 3Vulnerability Assessment
Utilise automated scanning tools & to detect known weaknesses within your cloud infrastructure.
STEP 4Penetration Testing & Exploitation
Simulate real-world attacks attempting to exploit vulnerabilities to understand their impacts and potential risks.
STEP 5Reporting & Recommendations
Provide a detailed report outlining identified misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, their impacts along with the necessary remediation steps to be taken.
STEP 6Remediation
Cloud teams to address vulnerabilities based on the provided recommendations to improve the cloud security posture.
STEP 7Re-assessment
Conduct a Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment re-evaluation to ensure that vulnerabilities & misconfigurations have been effectively addressed.
STEP 8Final Report
Deliver a final comprehensive report detailing the assessment findings & actions taken.
Some of the Tools that we use to conduct Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment
FAQ’s
It is recommended to perform regular assessments to adapt to evolving threats. The frequency depends on the complexity of your cloud environment and industry regulations.
Yes, Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment assesses all aspects of your cloud infrastructure, including applications and databases.
No, Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment is conducted with minimal disruption to ensure your business operations continue smoothly.
The duration varies based on the complexity of the cloud application. It can range from a few days to several weeks.
To get started, simply contact us, and our experts will guide you through the process.