Cloud Migration Security

Moving to AWS or Azure? Don't let cloud misconfigurations become your first major breach. Get your cloud security architecture right from day one.

Assess Your Migration See Migration Risks

82%

of data breaches involve cloud-stored data across all industries

IBM Cost of a Data Breach, 2024

$5.17M

average cost of a cloud-based data breach — highest across deployment models

IBM Cost of a Data Breach, 2024

45%

of all data breaches occurred in cloud environments in the past year

IBM Cost of a Data Breach, 2024

Cloud breaches aren't inevitable, but they're common

82% of data breaches involve cloud-stored data. Most trace to misconfigurations caught by targeted testing.

→Public S3 buckets exposing customer data

→Overly permissive IAM policies (admin for everyone)

→Unencrypted databases and storage

→Exposed management consoles

→Missing logging and monitoring

→Insecure CI/CD pipelines

→Misconfigured network security groups

Real Cloud Breach Costs

Capital One (AWS)

100M+ customer records stolen via misconfigured WAF, $80M+ settlement

Uber (AWS)

57M records exposed through publicly accessible S3 bucket

Tesla (AWS)

Kubernetes console exposed without authentication, cryptomining

Facebook (AWS)

540M records on unprotected Amazon S3 storage

These weren't sophisticated attacks. They were basic misconfigurations that would have been caught by pre-migration security review or post-migration validation testing.

Platform-specific expertise

Each cloud platform has unique security models, services, and misconfiguration risks.

AWS

Services We Assess

IAM policies and role escalation
S3 bucket permissions and encryption
EC2 security groups and NACLs
Lambda function security
RDS and DynamoDB encryption
CloudTrail and GuardDuty setup
EKS and ECS container security
Secrets Manager and KMS

Common Misconfigurations

S3 public exposure, overly permissive IAM, unencrypted EBS volumes

Azure

Services We Assess

Azure AD and role assignments
Storage account access policies
NSG and ASG configuration
Key Vault security
Azure SQL encryption
Security Center configuration
AKS security
Managed identities

Common Misconfigurations

Storage account public access, weak NSG rules, missing encryption

What we find in cloud assessments

These are the most common and most dangerous cloud security issues we discover.

Identity & Access

Service accounts with admin privileges (common in AWS)
No MFA on privileged accounts
Hardcoded credentials in code or environment variables
Overly permissive IAM policies (Principal: *)
Unused roles with dangerous permissions
Cross-account access without proper constraints

Data Exposure

Publicly accessible storage (S3, Blob, GCS)
Unencrypted databases and storage volumes
Snapshots and backups without encryption
Database credentials in plaintext
Data exfiltration paths via misconfigured egress
Exposed sensitive data in logs

Network Security

Security groups allowing 0.0.0.0/0 access
Management ports (SSH, RDP) exposed to internet
No network segmentation between environments
Missing VPC flow logs
Improper peering or transit gateway configuration
Exposed Kubernetes API servers

Logging & Monitoring

CloudTrail/Activity Log/Cloud Audit disabled or misconfigured
Log retention too short for compliance
No alerting on privileged actions
Missing monitoring for security events
Logs not centralized or protected
Failed authentication not tracked

Compute Security

Containers running as root
Outdated instance images with vulnerabilities
Serverless functions with excessive permissions
Instance metadata service (IMDS) not protected
No instance isolation or segmentation
SSH keys embedded in images

Application Security

Insecure CI/CD pipelines deploying to production
Secrets in container registries or repos
API gateways without authentication
Serverless functions vulnerable to injection
Missing WAF protection for web apps
Unauthenticated access to admin interfaces

What you receive

Actionable recommendations specific to your cloud environment and migration timeline.

Cloud Security Architecture Review

Infrastructure diagram with security annotations
IAM role and policy analysis
Network segmentation and firewall review
Data flow and encryption analysis
Comparison to AWS/Azure/GCP best practices
Architecture recommendations

Cloud Penetration Testing Report

Exploitable vulnerabilities with proof
Privilege escalation paths
Data exposure assessment
Configuration weakness inventory
Attack scenarios and impact analysis
Prioritized remediation roadmap

Migration Security Checklist

Pre-migration security tasks
Configuration validation steps
Post-migration testing procedures
Security acceptance criteria
Ongoing monitoring requirements
Incident response updates

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Which cloud platforms do you assess?+

AWS and Azure are our primary platforms with deep tooling and expertise. GCP assessments are available on a case-by-case basis. Multi-cloud environments are assessed holistically across all providers.

Can you test during an active migration?+

Yes. We structure assessments around your migration phases, pre-migration architecture review, mid-migration configuration validation, and post-migration penetration testing. Testing is non-disruptive to workloads.

How do you handle production environments?+

All testing is conducted with safeguards to prevent service disruption. We coordinate maintenance windows for aggressive testing, use read-only access where possible, and maintain kill switches on all active testing tools.

What happens after the assessment?+

You receive a prioritized remediation roadmap with effort estimates. We offer optional remediation validation retesting within 90 days to confirm fixes are effective and no regressions were introduced.