Cloud Penetration Testing for Secure Cloud Operations

Cloud Penetration Testing helps you assess, secure and monitor your cloud architecture. It includes web security, compliance, forensic response and continuous monitoring.
Cloud Penetration Testing
Cloud Security Architecture

Architecture Review and Risk Identification

Evaluate cloud systems and IAM policies to identify misconfigurations and privilege escalations in your security architecture.

  • Scope definition: Identify cloud assets to test
  • IAM mapping: Review roles and privileges
  • Network segmentation: Test virtual network isolation

Compliance & Forensic Preparation

Align with regulatory and compliance needs while enabling forensic readiness to respond to incidents efficiently.

  • Regulatory standards: Map controls (e.g. ISO, PCI DSS)
  • Cloud logs review: Ensure audit trails are active
  • Evidence retention: Maintain forensics-ready storage

Testing Essentials & Methodologies

Pre‑engagement & Scope Planning

Establish clear objectives, define test boundaries, and confirm permission from cloud provider and stakeholders

Map services, APIs, IAM policies, and attack surfaces before testing

Execution & Vulnerability Analysis

Use structured frameworks (OSSTMM/PTES) to find cloud-specific weaknesses.

Document findings with risk context and prepare for forensic traceability.

Key Security Focus Areas

Runtime Protection

runtime protection

Detailed Capability Overview

Cloud Web Security

Focused testing of APIs, serverless endpoints and web apps. Discover vulnerabilities like injection, misconfiguration and broken auth in cloud environments.

Cloud Security Architecture

Design based assessment of network segmentation, IAM roles and trust relationships, helping secure structural gaps in your cloud setup.

Cloud Compliance

Validation against regulatory frameworks. Verify configurations meet compliance criteria and document readiness for audits.

Cloud Forensics

Ensure evidence collection and log integrity. Build response playbooks and forensic readiness into incident response strategy.

Cloud Security Monitoring

Continuous monitoring of telemetry, threat signals and anomalous behavior to maintain proactive cloud threat detection.

Why Choose Cloud Pen Test from Netmate

Proactive Vulnerability Detection

Identify cloud threats before breach using expert penetration testing and exposure analysis.

Security Architecture Analysis

Evaluate IAM, network and service design to eliminate misconfigurations and privilege risks.

Compliance Validation

Ensure your environment aligns with regulatory standards like PCI and ISO through guided testing.

Forensic & Monitoring Readiness

Prepare logs, evidences and continuous monitoring for swift investigation and threat response.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is Cloud Penetration Testing?

Simulated attacks on cloud services, IAM, APIs and workloads to uncover vulnerabilities and privilege escalations.

It targets cloud-specific services, IAM configurations and obeys cloud provider rules of engagement.

Tests map to frameworks like ISO‑27001, PCI DSS, CSA CCM or NIST depending on your regulatory needs.

Retains audit logs, prepares traceable evidence and aligns infrastructure for fast incident investigations.

Ideally before deployment and periodically (e.g. quarterly or after major changes), to maintain secure posture over time.