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Identity and privilege
Human and workload identities, federation, MFA, role design, keys, service principals and privilege paths.
aws and azure security assessmentAWS and Azure security assessment,
AWS and Azure security assessment,
prioritised by reachable risk.
Review cloud identity, public exposure, data, telemetry and resilience with read-only evidence where possible and a remediation plan owners can execute.
what this engagement answers
Cloud reviews create value when they explain how controls combine. A public endpoint, broad identity and missing alert may form one attack path even though each appears in a separate console.
ABZSECURE begins with accounts, subscriptions, workloads, identity providers and business-critical data. Evidence is collected through read-only roles, exported configuration or guided review, based on the agreed access model.
Primary baselines: AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar and Azure Well-Architected Security.
scope
What is reviewed.
Final scope is confirmed in writing before work starts. Testing is performed only on authorised assets and within agreed rules of engagement.
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Exposure and network
Public services, security groups, firewalls, private connectivity, management ports and egress.
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Data protection
Storage access, encryption, key management, secrets, snapshots, backups and sensitive data locations.
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Logging and detection
Control-plane logs, workload telemetry, retention, centralisation, alert coverage and investigation readiness.
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Workload configuration
Compute, containers, serverless, managed services, baseline hardening and configuration drift.
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Resilience and governance
Recovery assumptions, account structure, policy guardrails, exception handling, ownership and change control.
evidence
What you receive.
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Cloud risk mapReachable paths linking identity, exposure, data and missing detection controls.
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Evidence registerReviewed artefacts, source, date, scope and limitations for assurance use.
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Remediation backlogActions ordered by risk reduction, owner, effort and dependency.
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Leadership briefDecisions, accepted risk and investment priorities without console-level noise.
// how it works
A controlled, decision-ready process
The engagement turns technical observations into owned decisions. Critical issues are escalated through the agreed channel, not left waiting for the final report.
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Boundary
Confirm tenants, accounts, subscriptions, regions, workloads and shared-responsibility assumptions.
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Collect
Use read-only access or agreed exports and record evidence provenance.
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Correlate
Connect identity, exposure, data and telemetry into plausible attack and failure paths.
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Decide
Separate urgent exposure from hardening, governance and longer-term architecture work.
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Verify
Review remediation evidence and update the risk register.
buyer questions
What teams usually ask.
Do you need administrator credentials?
Usually no. Read-only roles or configuration exports are preferred. Access is agreed by least privilege and never submitted through the public contact form.
Is this a compliance audit?
No. It is a security assessment that can provide useful evidence for assurance work, but it does not issue certification or an audit opinion.
Can AWS and Azure be reviewed together?
Yes. The scope can cover both while preserving platform-specific findings and shared identity or governance dependencies.
Methodology and primary references
These sources define the baseline. The exact checks are selected for the architecture, risk, data flows and engagement objective, not copied as a generic checklist.
- AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar: AWS security design principles and best practices
- Azure Well-Architected Security: Microsoft security guidance for Azure workloads
Want a cloud risk backlog your owners can close?
Share the platforms, approximate account or subscription count, critical workloads and assurance deadline. Access is arranged only after scope is agreed.