VAPT
Cloud Security Assessment (VAPT)
A structured assessment of your cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP) to identify misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and exploitable vulnerabilities before attackers do.
What It Is
HexGuard's Cloud Security Assessment combines automated configuration review with manual, expert-led exploitation testing across your cloud accounts. We go beyond a compliance checklist to show you the real attack paths available to someone who gains a foothold in your environment.
Who It's For
- Organizations running production workloads on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Teams who have not had an independent review of IAM policies and cloud configuration
- Companies preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or customer security questionnaires
Our Methodology
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Scoping & Access Provisioning
Define cloud accounts and subscriptions in scope, agree rules of engagement, and set up scoped, read-only access.
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Configuration Review
Assess IAM policies, storage bucket permissions, network security groups, logging/monitoring, and encryption settings against CIS benchmarks.
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Exploitation & Privilege Escalation Testing
Attempt to chain misconfigurations into real attack paths, including privilege escalation, data exposure, and lateral movement between services.
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Reporting & Risk Rating
Document findings with severity ratings, business impact, and reproduction steps.
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Debrief & Remediation Support
Walk through findings with your engineering team and advise on fixes.
Deliverables
- Executive summary report for leadership
- Detailed technical findings with reproduction steps and screenshots
- Risk-rated remediation roadmap
- One free retest of critical/high findings within 60 days
Engagement Model
Typical cloud assessments run 1-3 weeks depending on the number of accounts and services in scope, and are billed as a fixed-price engagement agreed during scoping.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you need production access or credentials?
We typically work with scoped, read-only IAM roles you provision for us; we never require your account root credentials.
Which cloud providers do you support?
AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Will testing disrupt our production environment?
Cloud assessments are primarily configuration and permission reviews, so disruption risk is low; any active exploitation steps are scoped and agreed with you in advance.