Azure Cloud Security
Azure Cloud Security Review
Azure Cloud Security Azure Cloud Security Review Our Azure security review assesses your Microsoft Azure environment against the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark and CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark, examining Entra ID, storage, networking, Key Vault and Defender for Cloud to find the misconfigurations and excessive permissions that most often lead to cloud breaches.
Overview
What is an Azure security review?
An Azure security review is a structured assessment of your Azure subscriptions — covering Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), role-based access control, Storage Accounts, virtual networks and NSGs, Key Vault, encryption and logging — measured against the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark and CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark.
The goal is to surface public storage containers, over-privileged role assignments, permissive network security groups and gaps in monitoring before attackers do, giving you a prioritised roadmap to a hardened Azure posture.
What you'll receive
- ✓Scoping: agreed Azure subscriptions, resource groups and Entra ID tenancy
- ✓Testing: review of Entra ID, RBAC, storage accounts, NSGs, Key Vault and workload security
- ✓Executive report: an Azure security posture summary for stakeholders
- ✓Technical report: findings mapped to the CIS Microsoft Azure Foundations Benchmark
- ✓Remediation: prioritised guidance aligned to Microsoft cloud security 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 subscriptions, management groups and services in scope, and the objectives of the review. You provision a read-only role (typically Reader plus Security Reader) so we can assess configuration safely, without making changes to your environment.
Automated Benchmarking
We assess your tenant against the CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark and the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark, using trusted tooling to rapidly flag insecure defaults, disabled controls and drift across the whole environment.
Manual Service Review
Our consultants manually review each Azure service your environment actually consumes — for example Storage Accounts, Key Vault, AKS, Functions, App Service and Azure SQL — 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 Entra ID users, groups, role assignments, service principals and managed identities to map effective permissions, then trace the privilege-escalation and lateral-movement paths an attacker could chain across your tenant and subscriptions.
Reporting & Remediation
We deliver a clear report that prioritises findings by real-world risk, with Azure-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 Azure services do you assess?
We review the Azure services in scope — including Entra ID, RBAC, Storage Accounts, virtual networks and NSGs, Key Vault, Azure SQL, AKS, Activity Logs and Defender for Cloud — against the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark and CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark.
How much does an Azure security review cost?
The cost depends on the number of Azure subscriptions 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 Azure tenant?
Typically we request a read-only role (such as Reader plus Security Reader) 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 storage containers, over-privileged role assignments and standing Global Administrators, legacy authentication and MFA gaps, secrets stored outside Key Vault, permissive network security groups, and disabled Defender for Cloud.
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