Cloud Security Testing
Cloud solutions offer enormous flexibility – but also new attack surfaces. With our Cloud Security Testing, we ensure that your applications, data, and resources in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or other cloud environments are optimally protected.
The Shared Responsibility Model makes it clear that the cloud provider is responsible for the security of the infrastructure, but you as the customer are responsible for security within the cloud – especially your applications, data, and configurations.
This results in crucial differences compared to classic hosting: On the one hand, cloud platforms provide powerful security mechanisms, while on the other hand, central services and management functions are always exposed on the internet. In addition, developers in the cloud context often take on new tasks that were previously reserved for administrators.
Standardized security checks by providers only cover a portion of the risks. Especially with larger applications, it is crucial to consider the entire interaction of the services and resources used in the context of the application. This is the only way to uncover complex attack paths – for example, insufficiently authorized users who can indirectly gain administrator rights.
Our Services
We comprehensively test the security of your cloud environment – individually tailored to your applications, data, and processes. Our focus is on the leading cloud platforms such as AWS and Microsoft Azure, but it can also be transferred to other environments.
Our typical test modules:
- Identity & Access Management: Analysis of authentication and user management, review of the implementation of the “Least Privilege” principle.
- Network & Infrastructure: Conceptual review of the architecture, segmentation, security groups, and network ACLs.
- Data Security: Control of transport and storage mechanisms with regard to confidentiality and integrity.
- Logging & Monitoring: Assessment of whether standards for detection, tracking, and alerting of attacks have been implemented.
Approach
Our analyses follow a risk-based approach: We not only evaluate individual configurations, but also the interaction of all components in the overall context of your application.
- Scoping & Analysis: Joint definition of the scope of the investigation.
- Configuration Review: Detailed review of IAM, networks, data flows, and monitoring.
- Risk Assessment: Identification of vulnerabilities with a focus on real attack scenarios.
- Validation: Verification of the effectiveness of existing security mechanisms.
- Reporting: Documentation of the results with clear recommendations for technical and organizational improvements.
Checkpoints
To ensure that your cloud environment remains secure and resilient, we focus on:
- Implementation of the Least Privilege principle in permissions management
- Secure design of network architecture and segmentation
- Protection of data in storage and transport
- Appropriate configuration of security mechanisms (security groups, NACLs)
- Effectiveness of logging and monitoring solutions
- Coverage of all critical services in the context of the specific application
Your Benefit
Cloud Security Testing builds trust with customers, partners, and regulatory authorities, and secures your cloud strategy for the long term.
You receive a clear assessment of your cloud security posture with practical recommendations that consider both technical vulnerabilities and organizational risks. This allows you to optimally utilize your cloud infrastructure without compromising security.
- Holistic analysis of the cloud configuration in the application context
- Coverage of leading cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.)
- Review of IAM, network, data, logging, and monitoring
- Identification of complex attack paths through service combinations
- Ensuring compliance with standards and best practices
- Transparent risk assessment with prioritized recommendations
- Strengthening compliance and auditability
- Sustainable increase in resilience and trust
mgm DeepDive
The transition from classic, self-hosted environments to cloud infrastructures fundamentally changes security requirements. While on-premises models offer more control but also more responsibility, the cloud brings new opportunities – and new risks.
On-premises security is a closed model, while cloud security testing requires continuous review to keep complex services, IAM structures, and internet-exposed resources secure.
On-Premises Security
- Responsibility: Company is solely responsible for infrastructure, systems, and applications
- Architecture: Full control over hardware, network, and configuration
- Attack Surface: Primarily internal network, limited internet exposure
- Risk Focus: Patch management, physical security, network protection
- Flexibility & Scalability: Limited scaling, dependent on internal hardware
- Security Tools: Classic firewalls, IDS/IPS, internal monitoring systems
- Security Testing Result: Focus on internal systems and processes
Cloud Security Testing
- Responsibility: Shared Responsibility Model: Provider protects the infrastructure, customer is responsible for applications & data
- Architecture: Utilizing cloud services with predefined mechanisms (IAM, Security Groups, NACLs).
- Attack Surface: Management and services are fundamentally exposed to the internet.
- Risk Focus: Misconfigurations, unclear responsibilities, IAM risks, service interactions.
- Flexibility & Scalability: High scalability, but more complex security audits are required.
- Security Tools: Cloud-native security tools + supplementary independent audits are necessary.
- Security Testing Result: Holistic assessment of the cloud environment in the context of the application.