AWS Cloud Security
AWS Cloud Security Review
AWS Cloud Security AWS Cloud Security Review Our AWS security review assesses your Amazon Web Services environment against the AWS Well-Architected Framework and CIS Benchmarks, examining IAM, S3, VPC networking, logging and key services to find the misconfigurations and excessive permissions that most often lead to cloud breaches.
Overview
What is an AWS security review?
An AWS security review is a structured assessment of your AWS accounts — covering IAM, S3 storage, VPC and network configuration, encryption (KMS), logging (CloudTrail and GuardDuty) and key managed services — measured against the AWS Well-Architected Framework and CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark.
The goal is to surface public S3 buckets, over-privileged IAM roles, insecure security groups and gaps in logging before attackers do, giving you a prioritised roadmap to a hardened AWS posture.
What you'll receive
- ✓Scoping: agreed AWS accounts, regions and in-scope services
- ✓Testing: review of IAM policies, S3 exposure, VPC controls, CloudTrail and workload security
- ✓Executive report: an AWS security posture summary for stakeholders
- ✓Technical report: findings mapped to the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark
- ✓Remediation: prioritised guidance aligned to AWS Well-Architected best practices
- ✓Retest & debrief: a retest of fixes and a walkthrough call with your team
Why It Matters
The value of regular security reviews
Evaluate your controls
Regular security reviews enable organisations to comprehensively evaluate their security measures, including the effectiveness of controls, configurations, and policies.
Strengthen your posture
Identifying weaknesses allows organisations to strengthen their security posture and better protect their assets and data against evolving threats.
Meet compliance
Regular security assessments are essential for compliance with industry regulations and data protection laws, demonstrating your commitment to a secure environment.
High-Level Methodology
A structured, five-phase cloud review
Scoping & Access
We agree the accounts, organisation units and services in scope, and the objectives of the review. You provision a read-only role (typically the AWS-managed SecurityAudit policy) so we can assess configuration safely, without making changes to your environment.
Automated Benchmarking
We assess your accounts against the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark and the AWS Well-Architected Framework, using trusted tooling to rapidly flag insecure defaults, disabled controls and drift across the whole environment.
Manual Service Review
Our consultants manually review each AWS service your environment actually consumes — for example S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, EKS and API Gateway — assessing how each is configured, exposed and connected in the context of your real workloads. This is where we find the issues automated tooling misses.
Identity & Privilege Analysis
We examine IAM users, roles, policies and service accounts to map effective permissions, then trace the privilege-escalation and lateral-movement paths an attacker could chain across your AWS accounts and organisation.
Reporting & Remediation
We deliver a clear report that prioritises findings by real-world risk, with AWS-specific, actionable remediation guidance. We're happy to walk your team through the results and support any follow-up validation once fixes are in place.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Which AWS services do you assess?
We review the full range of AWS services in scope — including IAM, S3, EC2, VPC, RDS, Lambda, EKS, CloudTrail, KMS and GuardDuty — against the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
How much does an AWS security review cost?
The cost depends on the number of AWS accounts in scope, the range of services deployed and the depth of review required. Contact us for a customised quote.
What access do you need to review our AWS account?
Typically we request a read-only IAM role (such as the AWS-managed SecurityAudit policy) so we can review configuration safely without making changes. We agree the exact scope and access with you before any work begins.
What is the difference between a vulnerability scan and a penetration test?
A vulnerability scan identifies potential weaknesses in your systems, whilst a penetration test attempts to actively exploit those weaknesses to determine their real-world impact. A penetration test goes beyond simply identifying vulnerabilities by demonstrating how they can be exploited and what data could be accessed.
What are the most common issues you find?
Recurring findings include public S3 buckets, over-privileged IAM roles and users, security groups open to the internet, missing MFA on privileged accounts, unencrypted data, and disabled CloudTrail or GuardDuty.
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