Independent cloud security assessment

Cloud Security Assessment

An independent review of your AWS, Azure and Microsoft 365 environments against recognised security benchmarks - so you know exactly where you're exposed, and what to fix first. Defence-grade rigour, clear remediation, no products to sell you. Serving the North East and the wider UK.

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Microsoft 365
aws Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud
ORACLE Cloud Infrastructure

The basics

What is a cloud security assessment?

A cloud security assessment is an independent review of how your cloud environments are configured - checking for misconfigurations, excessive permissions and insecure design choices that leave you exposed.

It's a point-in-time evaluation of your security posture against recognised benchmarks, giving you a prioritised picture of your risk and a clear path to reduce it.

It's not the same as a penetration test. A penetration test actively exploits weaknesses to prove what an attacker could do; a cloud security assessment reviews your configuration and architecture against best practice. Most organisations benefit from both.

The scope

What we assess

We review your cloud environments across the areas attackers target most:

Identity & access management

Least privilege, role and permission sprawl, privileged accounts, MFA coverage.

Network exposure

Internet-facing services, security groups, firewalls and segmentation.

Data protection

Storage configuration, encryption, public exposure of buckets and shares.

Logging & monitoring

Whether you'd actually detect an incident, and retention.

Secure configuration

Hardening of services against benchmark baselines.

Resilience & backup

Recovery posture for the systems that matter.

We assess AWS, Azure and Microsoft 365[ and Google Cloud - confirm], scoped to your environment.

Standards

Assessed against recognised standards

We don't mark our own homework - we measure your environment against the benchmarks your customers, auditors and regulators recognise:

NCSC Cloud Security Principles

The UK government's 14 principles for cloud security.

CIS Benchmarks

Platform-specific hardening standards for AWS, Azure and Microsoft 365.

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)

CSA cloud controls.

NIST

NIST standards where relevant to your compliance needs.

Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 security assessment

Most organisations run their working day through Microsoft 365 - and most have it configured close to its defaults. Our Microsoft 365 assessment reviews Entra ID, Defender, identity and access, email and phishing protection, sharing and data-loss settings, and your Microsoft Secure Score, against CIS and Microsoft best practice.

You get a clear list of what's misconfigured, ranked by risk, and exactly how to put it right. This is a one-off review of your posture; for continuous oversight, our Microsoft 365 Security Monitoring service keeps watch over time.

The deliverable

What you get

An executive summary

Of your cloud risk, for leadership.
Prioritised, risk-rated findings

With evidence and impact.
A remediation roadmap

What to fix, in what order, and how.
A posture baseline

You can measure future improvement against.
A report you can share

With customers, auditors and insurers as proof of due diligence.

The difference

Why assess with

Independent and vendor-neutral

We don't sell you the cloud platforms we assess, so our findings are about your security - not an upsell.

Defence and government-grade rigour

We deliver security to defence, public-sector and regulated clients - including MOD-accredited cloud work - through G-Cloud 14, DOS 7 and CCS frameworks.

Engineers, not just reviewers

Our team builds and hardens cloud as well as assesses it - so our remediation guidance is practical and implementable, not a generic checklist. Need it fixed as well as found? That's our secure cloud engineering work.

Part of a full security lifecycle

A cloud assessment connects to our penetration testing, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification and ongoing managed defence - assurance that joins up, not a one-off PDF.

Certified and sustainable

ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified, with a published Carbon Reduction Plan. We're also an IASME-licensed Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Body.

Benchmarked against recognised standards

We assess against the frameworks that matter - the NCSC Cloud Security Principles, CIS Benchmarks and the cloud providers' own well-architected security guidance - across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Microsoft 365. You get findings measured against a clear standard, not one assessor's opinion.

Cost & timeline

What it costs and how long it takes

The price depends on scope - the number of cloud platforms, accounts and the depth required. Most assessments are completed within [5-10 working days] of scoping, and we quote a fixed price once scope is agreed, with no hidden extras.

Get a fixed-price quote

Regional focus

Cloud security assessment across the North East

We assess for organisations throughout the North East - Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, Northumberland and the Tees Valley - and across the UK. Assessments are carried out remotely, with on-site work where scope or sensitivity calls for it.

Newcastle
Gateshead
Sunderland
Durham
Northumberland
Tees Valley

Questions

Cloud security assessment FAQs

What's the difference between a cloud security assessment and a penetration test?

An assessment reviews your cloud configuration and architecture against best-practice benchmarks. A penetration test actively exploits weaknesses to prove what an attacker could achieve. They're complementary - assessment finds the misconfigurations; testing proves the impact.

Which platforms do you assess?

AWS, Azure and Microsoft 365[, and Google Cloud - confirm], scoped to your environment.

What standards do you assess against?

NCSC Cloud Security Principles, CIS Benchmarks, CSA controls and NIST where relevant.

How long does it take?

Most assessments complete within [5-10 working days] of scoping, depending on the size of your environment.

How often should we assess our cloud?

At least annually, and after any significant change - a new platform, major migration or architecture change.

Do you help us fix what you find?

Yes - we provide a prioritised remediation roadmap, and our engineering team can implement the fixes if you'd like.

Know exactly where your cloud is exposed

Tell us what you run in the cloud and we'll give you a fixed-price quote and a clear, independent assessment - with a roadmap you can act on.