Organisations are rapidly adopting cloud technologies to deliver services to customers and internal stakeholders. As a result, information that was once held within organisation-controlled infrastructure is now stored, processed, and transmitted through third-party cloud platforms.
While major cloud providers invest heavily in securing their environments, cloud security operates under a shared responsibility model. Depending on the services in use, many critical security controls remain the responsibility of the organisation. When these responsibilities are misunderstood or poorly implemented, misconfigurations and control gaps can emerge, creating opportunities for attackers.
Cloud penetration testing helps organisations validate how securely their cloud environments are configured in practice. By testing against real-world attack techniques, organisations can identify weaknesses before they lead to data breaches, service disruption, or loss of control over critical systems.
Cloud penetration testing focuses on risks that are specific to cloud platforms and the shared responsibility model. Rather than testing generic infrastructure alone, assessments are designed to reflect how attackers target cloud environments in practice.
Our cloud penetration testing typically assesses:
Identity and access management
Testing for excessive permissions, misconfigured roles, insecure authentication, and privilege escalation paths.
Cloud configuration and exposed services
Identifying misconfigurations across compute, storage, networking, and managed services that could lead to unauthorised access.
Network segmentation and isolation
Validating how effectively cloud networks are segmented and whether lateral movement between workloads is possible.
API and service integrations
Assessing APIs, third-party integrations, and automation workflows that could be abused to access sensitive data or systems.
Logging, monitoring, and detection gaps
Evaluating whether malicious activity would be detected and responded to in a timely manner.
This approach helps organisations understand how their cloud environment would stand up to real-world attacks, not just whether it meets baseline configuration standards.
Our cloud penetration testing services help organisations identify and reduce security risks that arise from cloud adoption, shared responsibility gaps, and misconfigurations across cloud platforms.
Using experienced, certified ethical hackers, we safely simulate real-world attack techniques against your cloud environment to uncover weaknesses in identity and access controls, cloud configurations, exposed services, and integrations. This approach goes beyond surface-level checks to show how an attacker could realistically gain access or escalate privileges.
We deliver clear, risk-prioritised findings that focus on issues that matter most to your business, not theoretical vulnerabilities. Our reports provide practical remediation guidance that aligns with your cloud architecture and operational constraints, helping teams take action quickly and confidently.
Our engagement process is straightforward and collaborative. We work closely with your technical teams throughout the assessment to ensure scope, testing activity, and outcomes are clearly understood, with support available during and after testing to help you strengthen your cloud security posture.
Speak with our team to discuss how cloud penetration testing can help you identify and reduce risk across your cloud environment.
