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Cloud Penetration Testing

Find your weaknesses before attackers do. Real-world adversary simulation across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.


Service overview

Beyond automated scanning — real adversary simulation.


Cloud platforms provide speed, scalability and innovation — but they also introduce new attack surfaces, complex trust models and rapidly changing configurations.

A single excessive permission, exposed storage bucket or weak identity configuration can create serious business risk.

Our Cloud Penetration Testing service simulates real-world attack scenarios across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform — the way a sophisticated adversary would — to uncover the vulnerabilities that matter most to your business.

Many cloud incidents are caused not by a single flaw, but by chains of small weaknesses that attackers can combine.

Why it matters

Traditional testing alone is not enough for cloud.


Modern cloud risks are dynamic, distributed and identity-driven. The list on the right is not theoretical — every item is a finding pattern we have observed across recent engagements.

The compounding problem. Many cloud incidents are caused not by a single flaw, but by chains of small weaknesses that attackers can combine into a full breach.

Common cloud risk patterns

01Excessive IAM permissions
02Misconfigured storage services
03Exposed administrative interfaces
04Weak network segmentation
05Leaked credentials or secrets
06Insecure APIs
07Kubernetes & container weaknesses
08CI/CD pipeline abuse
09Lateral movement across cloud
10Weak monitoring & detection

Methodology & frameworks

Recognised security frameworks guide every engagement.


To ensure comprehensive, high-value assessments, our Cloud Penetration Testing engagements are guided by recognised security frameworks, attack models and control baselines — so findings are technically relevant, aligned with real attacker behaviour and prioritised by business risk.

Adversary model MITRE ATT&CK for Cloud

Tactics, techniques and attack paths in cloud environments.

Playbook CSA Cloud Pentest

Cloud Security Alliance — Cloud Penetration Testing Playbook.

App testing OWASP Principles

For cloud-exposed applications and APIs.

Configuration CIS Benchmarks

Secure baseline configurations across cloud providers.

Framework NIST CSF

Cybersecurity Framework with cloud security guidance.

Native guidance AWS · Azure · GCP

Provider-native security best practices.

Internal IP Integrity Methodology

Battle-tested by 15+ years of offensive engagements.

Compliance Sector regulations

ISO 27001, PCI DSS, DORA, NIS 2, GDPR alignment.

Aligned with ISO 27001 PCI DSS DORA NIS 2 GDPR

What we test

Six domains. One adversary mindset.


Every engagement is scoped against your environment — but our coverage spans the full attack surface a sophisticated adversary would explore.

01

Identity & Access Management

How identities, roles and permissions are managed across the tenant.

  • Privilege escalation paths
  • Over-permissioned accounts
  • Missing MFA
  • Weak trust relationships
  • Insecure service accounts
02

Storage & Data Exposure

Whether sensitive data is properly protected at rest and in transit.

  • Public buckets or blobs
  • Unauthorised data access
  • Weak encryption controls
  • Poor key management
  • Exposed backups & snapshots
03

Network Security

Cloud network exposure, segmentation and pivot opportunities.

  • Overly permissive security groups
  • Unnecessary public services
  • Weak segmentation
  • Administrative exposure
  • Internal pivot paths
04

APIs & Control Plane

Security of management and service APIs that govern your tenant.

  • Authentication weaknesses
  • Token abuse
  • Excessive permissions
  • Metadata service exposure
  • Enumeration issues
05

Containers & Kubernetes

Modern workloads and orchestration platforms under real attack.

  • Weak RBAC
  • Exposed dashboards
  • Missing network policies
  • Secrets exposure
  • Runtime misconfigurations
06

DevOps & CI/CD

Security across deployment pipelines, automation and supply chain.

  • Leaked secrets
  • Excessive pipeline permissions
  • Compromisable runners
  • Build pipeline abuse
  • Supply-chain exposure

Testing approaches

Choose the level of access that matches your threat model.


We tailor depth and access to your objectives — from external opportunistic attackers to post-compromise simulations.

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Black Box

External attacker perspective with no internal access. Tests what an opportunistic adversary would find.

02 / 04

Grey Box

Limited authenticated access to simulate realistic insider or post-phish scenarios.

03 / 04

White Box

Deep technical review with agreed access to internal configurations and resources.

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Assumed Breach

Post-compromise simulation — testing attacker progression, blast radius and resilience.

What you receive

A report your board, your engineers and your auditors can all use.


  • 01 Executive Summary Business-level narrative for the board and risk owners.
  • 02 Technical Findings Detailed write-ups, reproduction steps and affected assets.
  • 03 Risk Prioritisation Findings ranked by exploitability and business impact.
  • 04 Evidence of Exploitability Screenshots, logs and proof-of-concept artefacts.
  • 05 Remediation Guidance Practical, actionable fixes mapped to your stack.
  • 06 Optional Retesting Validation that fixes hold against the original attack chain. Optional
  • 07 Optional Technical Debrief Live session for engineering and platform teams. Optional

Business benefits

Cloud Penetration Testing helps your organisation:


  • Reduce exposure to security incidents
  • Improve cloud security posture
  • Validate existing controls
  • Strengthen governance
  • Support compliance objectives
  • Protect critical data and services
  • Increase confidence in cloud adoption

Why choose us

Ready to assess your cloud security?

Whether you are migrating to the cloud, operating critical workloads or improving governance, Cloud Penetration Testing provides the visibility needed to make informed security decisions.

We combine offensive security expertise with real-world cloud knowledge to deliver assessments that are practical, relevant and aligned with business priorities — helping you understand which risks matter most and how to address them effectively.

Let's talk about Cloud Penetration Testing.



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