Skip to content
StrikeCyberStrikeCyber
Penetration testing

Cloud Penetration Testing

Testing of your AWS, Azure and Google Cloud environments, where a single identity or storage misconfiguration can expose data that never sat behind a firewall. Cloud gives attackers speed and reach traditional networks do not.

How it works

Where cloud misconfigurations chain

We test identity, storage and services across AWS, Azure and GCP, then prove how minor issues chain into real impact within your tenant.

01

Identity and Access Misconfiguration

In the cloud, identity is the perimeter. A single over-permissioned role or exposed key can hand an attacker reach that never sat behind a firewall.

Our methodology

We assess IAM across AWS, Azure and GCP for over-permissioned roles, weak trust policies, exposed keys and privilege-escalation paths, proving how an attacker moves from a minor foothold to control of the tenant.

  • IAM
  • Privilege escalation
  • Over-permissioned roles
02

Exposed Storage and Data

Misconfigured buckets, blobs and databases remain one of the most common causes of large data exposure, precisely because they sit outside the traditional network.

Our methodology

We test object storage, databases and data services for public exposure, weak access policies and missing encryption, showing exactly what data an attacker could reach.

  • Object storage
  • Public exposure
  • Data access
03

Insecure Services and Configuration

Cloud gives attackers speed and reach traditional networks do not. Insecure services, exposed management interfaces and weak network controls compound quickly.

Our methodology

We review exposed services, serverless and container configuration, network controls and logging gaps against provider best practice and CIS benchmarks, and confirm the issues that matter with safe exploitation.

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • CIS benchmarks
04

Chained Impact Within Your Tenant

Individual cloud misconfigurations look minor until they combine. The risk is the chain from initial access to sensitive data or full tenant control.

Our methodology

We prove how identity, storage and service issues chain together within your tenant, then prioritise the fixes that break those chains, with a retest to confirm.

  • Attack chains
  • Prioritised
  • Retest
FAQ

Cloud Penetration Testing FAQs

What is cloud penetration testing?

It is testing of your AWS, Azure and Google Cloud environments, where a single identity or storage misconfiguration can expose data that never sat behind a firewall. We assess identity, storage and service configuration and prove how weaknesses chain together within your tenant.

How is it different from a cloud security posture scan?

A posture (CSPM) scan lists misconfigurations against benchmarks. Cloud penetration testing goes further: it proves which of those are genuinely exploitable and chains them into real attack paths to sensitive data or tenant control, removing the noise.

Do you need access to our cloud accounts?

Usually yes. Cloud testing is most valuable with scoped, read-and-assess access (and sometimes a low-privilege identity to model an attacker foothold). We agree exact scope, roles and rules of engagement up front, and honour each provider's testing policies.

Which providers and standards do you cover?

AWS, Azure and GCP, assessed against provider best practice and CIS benchmarks, with findings mapped to business impact and relevant compliance obligations.

Is our data kept private?

Yes. Findings and any data encountered are isolated to your organisation and handled in access-limited environments we control in Australia. Nothing is pooled, sold or fed into public models.

Test the cloud your data lives in

Scope a cloud penetration test across AWS, Azure or GCP. Fixed scope, fixed price, no obligation.

No obligation, no sales pressure. A senior operator replies within one business day.

1300 654 898Free Consultation