Cloud Security
AWS and Azure security assessments and architecture reviews
CyberAccord checks how your AWS and Azure environments are actually configured, compares them with recognized best practices, and helps you design a cloud architecture that stays secure as you grow.
- Platforms
- AWS and Microsoft Azure
- Benchmarks
- CIS Benchmarks, AWS Well-Architected, Microsoft cloud security benchmark
- Typical timeline
- Typically 2 to 4 weeks
- Credentials
- AWS Certified Security Specialty, CCSP
At a glance
Cloud security from CyberAccord means assessing your AWS and Azure environments for misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and missing controls, then helping you fix them and design a secure architecture. It suits organizations that have moved to the cloud quickly, are preparing for SOC 2 or ISO 27001, or want an independent check on their setup.
Why cloud environments need their own assessment
AWS and Azure both work on a shared responsibility model: the provider secures the physical infrastructure, and you are responsible for identities, configurations, data, and the workloads you run. Most cloud incidents come from customer-side misconfigurations, such as public storage, overly broad permissions, or logging that was never turned on.
Moving quickly to the cloud often leaves these gaps behind. An assessment finds them before an attacker or an auditor does.
AWS security assessment
We examine your accounts, permissions, and resources to see how access is really used, interview your team to understand how data flows in and out, and review your security setup against AWS and industry best practices.
- Identity and access management
- Compute and databases
- Incident response and vulnerability management
- Logging and monitoring
- Networking
Azure security assessment
Our Microsoft-focused engineers review your Azure subscriptions, applications, data, identities, and controls for risky configurations and deviations from the Microsoft cloud security benchmark. We use Microsoft Defender for Cloud findings where available and validate them by hand.
You receive recommendations to reduce risk, improve reliability, and meet the compliance requirements that apply to your Azure environment.
Security architecture review and design
Whether you are planning a new environment or untangling an existing one, we help design account structure, network segmentation, identity, encryption, and logging so security is built in rather than bolted on. We work with your DevOps team so the design supports fast, secure application delivery.
What happens after the assessment?
You can fix findings with your own team using our guidance, have us help with remediation, or move to ongoing coverage through our managed security service, which includes continuous AWS monitoring and incident response.
What you get
Findings report
Identity, compute, data, networking, logging and incident response.
Format: PDF report
Misconfiguration fixes
Severity-rated, with step-by-step fixes.
Format: In the report
Remediation roadmap
Fixes in priority order.
Format: Tracker (spreadsheet)
Target-state architecture
Architecture diagrams and recommendations for the design you're moving to.
Format: Diagrams + recommendations
Framework mapping
Findings mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001 or other frameworks where relevant.
Format: Appendix
Readout
With your engineering and leadership teams.
Format: Readout call
Process
How it works
- 1
Examine
With read-only access, we review your accounts, permissions, resources, and configurations against recognized benchmarks.
- 2
Interview
We talk with your IT and engineering teams to understand data flows, business requirements, and planned changes.
- 3
Review and report
We validate findings, rate them by risk, and deliver a prioritized remediation roadmap and architecture recommendations.
- 4
Remediate
Your team fixes issues with our guidance, or we help implement changes and verify they are working.
Method
Standards we follow
Recognized methods and frameworks our work is built on.
- CIS Benchmarks
- AWS Well-Architected
- Microsoft cloud security benchmark
Related
Related services and frameworks
- Managed Security ServicesManaged SecurityManaged endpoint, email, and cloud security, with a team that monitors alerts and responds to incidents for you.
- Penetration TestingPenetration TestingManual, senior-led penetration testing of web apps, APIs, mobile apps, and networks, with prioritized findings and a re-test of fixes.
- SOC 2 Readiness and RenewalSOC 2SOC 2 readiness and renewal: gap assessment, controls, policies and evidence, prepared for your independent CPA firm's audit.
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022ISO 27001ISO/IEC 27001:2022 readiness: ISMS design, risk assessment, Annex A controls and preparation for an accredited certification audit.
Industries and insights
Where this applies, and further reading
- Defense Industrial BaseDefense ManufacturingNIST SP 800-171, DFARS 7012 and CMMC readiness for contractors that handle CUI.
- Nonprofits and FoundationsNonprofitsGrant, PCI DSS and HIPAA safeguards for nonprofits, sized to a lean team and budget.
- Retail, Restaurants and HospitalityRetail and HospitalityPCI DSS scope reduction and location-by-location protection for card-accepting businesses.
- ChecklistWhat should a Microsoft 365 hardening baseline include?A Microsoft 365 hardening checklist for small and mid-sized firms, built on CISA's SCuBA baselines and Microsoft Learn guidance, with license notes.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Isn't our cloud provider responsible for security?
Only partly. Under the shared responsibility model, AWS and Microsoft secure the underlying infrastructure, but you are responsible for how you configure identities, networks, storage, and workloads. That customer side is where most cloud security problems occur.
What access do you need?
For an assessment, read-only access is normally enough, granted through a dedicated role you control and can revoke at any time. We do not need write access unless you ask us to help with remediation.
How long does a cloud security assessment take?
Typically two to four weeks for a single cloud platform, depending on the number of accounts or subscriptions and how complex the workloads are. We confirm the timeline during scoping.
Do you assess multi-cloud environments?
Yes. We assess AWS and Azure together when you use both and look closely at the connections and shared identities between them, which are easy to overlook.
Will the assessment help with SOC 2 or ISO 27001?
Yes. We can map findings to the relevant SOC 2 criteria or ISO 27001 controls, so fixing them also closes gaps your auditor would likely raise.
Talk to a security practitioner
Book a free 20-minute consultation. We'll learn what's driving the need and recommend a scoped next step with a fixed quote.