Secure Infrastructure · Cloud Security
Cloud Security
Cloud platforms shift the security perimeter from the network to configuration and identity. Most cloud incidents trace back to misconfiguration or over-privileged access, not a novel exploit.
Delivered from our base in Utrecht, available to organisations across the Netherlands.
The problem
Cloud platforms make it easy to provision infrastructure and easy to misconfigure it the same way: a public S3 bucket, an over-permissioned IAM role, a security group open to the internet. These aren't exotic attacks; they're the default failure mode of moving fast in an environment with hundreds of configurable settings and no single person responsible for auditing all of them.
Business impact
A misconfigured cloud environment doesn't just risk data exposure. It risks the kind of exposure that's indexed by automated scanners within minutes of going live. Cloud breaches are increasingly opportunistic rather than targeted: attackers scan for the mistake, not the company.
We review, harden and monitor cloud environments across Azure, AWS and GCP, wherever your workloads actually run.
Azure security
Subscription and resource-level configuration review, Defender for Cloud enablement, network security groups, and Azure Policy guardrails that catch drift before it ships.
AWS security
IAM policy review, S3 bucket exposure checks, GuardDuty and Security Hub tuning, and VPC architecture aligned to least-privilege network access.
Google Cloud security
IAM and organisation policy review, Security Command Center configuration, and workload identity federation for services that need to talk to GCP without long-lived keys.
Cloud security posture management
Continuous visibility into drift: the gap between how an environment was designed and how it's actually configured today, across single or multi-cloud estates.
Cloud IAM
Least-privilege access review across cloud identities, service principals, and cross-account roles. The majority of cloud incidents trace back to over-privileged access, not novel exploits.
Workload & container protection
Runtime protection for the compute your applications actually run on, from VMs to containers to serverless functions.
Kubernetes security
Cluster hardening, network policy, admission control and secrets management for teams running Kubernetes in production.
Cloud threat detection
Detection tuned to cloud-native attack patterns (API abuse, credential misuse, lateral movement between services), not endpoint detection logic repurposed for the cloud.
How this engagement runs
Assess
Understand the current state, real risk, and what's actually driving the need for this work.
Architect
Design the controls and approach that fit your environment, not a generic template.
Implement
Deploy and integrate the work: configuration, code, or process, whichever the engagement calls for.
Validate
Test that it actually holds up, rather than assuming it does because it's been deployed.
Improve
Feed findings back in as your environment and the threat landscape change.
Who this is for
- Organisations running production workloads on Azure, AWS or GCP without a recent independent configuration review
- Teams migrating from on-premises to cloud who want the architecture reviewed before it's built
- Companies running multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud estates where responsibility for security configuration is unclear
- Businesses that need to demonstrate cloud security maturity for ISO 27001, SOC 2 or a customer questionnaire
What you get
- A configuration review against cloud-provider security benchmarks (CIS, provider-specific)
- An IAM and access-control audit identifying over-privileged roles and identities
- Network architecture review covering segmentation and exposure
- Logging and monitoring gap analysis
- A prioritised remediation plan your cloud/platform team can act on directly
Frequently asked questions
Do you work across Azure, AWS and Google Cloud, or specialise in one?
We work across all three, and increasingly across combinations of them. A lot of organisations run Microsoft 365 on Azure alongside AWS or GCP for specific workloads, and the security gaps often show up at the boundary.
What does a cloud security assessment actually involve?
A structured review of IAM configuration, network architecture, logging and monitoring coverage, and workload-level controls, benchmarked against known misconfiguration patterns and your specific architecture, not a generic checklist run against every client the same way.
Can you help us before we migrate to the cloud, not just after?
Yes. Reviewing a planned cloud architecture before it's built is usually more valuable than reviewing it after, since the expensive fixes happen on a design document rather than in a live environment.
Do you cover Kubernetes and container security specifically?
Yes, as part of cloud security or as a focused engagement. Cluster configuration, network policy, and container image scanning are common gaps we see even in otherwise well-run cloud environments.