Penetration Testing Cloud Services
Identify and remediate critical vulnerabilities in your cloud services with penetration testing cloud services.
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What is Cloud Penetration Testing?
Cloud penetration testing is a simulated cyberattack that identifies weaknesses in your cloud environment to help strengthen its security. Cloud penetration testing services assess an organization’s cloud services for security weaknesses. The aim is to identify vulnerabilities before they can be exploited; vulnerabilities that could otherwise lead to security breaches.
Rootshell Security’s Cloud Penetration Testing services investigate the configurations of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure environments against best practice standards. Using the same techniques as real-world threat actors, we then safely attempt to exploit identified vulnerabilities to confirm whether they could lead to a breach.
Our CREST-certified penetration testers provide expert guidance throughout, so you can remediate issues as quickly and effectively as possible to keep your organization secure.
Why Do You Need a Cloud Pentest?
Identify risks, vulnerabilities, and gaps
Without cloud penetration testing, your business is at risk. Cloud misconfigurations can be easy to overlook but can have serious consequences if exposed. Traditional security tools don’t always provide the right protection in cloud environments, and cyber threats are growing more advanced, targeting weaknesses in the cloud. Our penetration testing services will identify any vulnerabilities within your cloud environments, from low to high risk, so you can take action.
Simulate real-world attacks on your systems
Cloud penetration testing mimics the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by real-world attackers to assess how your cloud environment would hold up under an actual breach attempt. This includes testing for common cloud vulnerabilities, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. By simulating these attacks in a controlled environment, you can uncover hidden weaknesses, understand how threats could unfold, and take steps to improve your defences before a real attacker strikes.
Meet Compliance and Regulatory Standards
Cloud penetration testing helps organisations meet the growing number of security and data protection requirements set by industry regulations. Standards such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2 often mandate regular security assessments to demonstrate that strong controls are in place.
Centralise Your Cloud Penetration Testing Results
The Rootshell Platform is a vendor-neutral vulnerability management solution designed to place you at the heart of your security operations. It allows you to consolidate any assessment results, speed up remediation workflows, and gain visibility into any growing threats.
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Benefits of Cloud Penetration Testing
Data Protection
Cloud Penetration Testing helps protect data stored in the cloud. By identifying and addressing vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, you reduce the risk of data breaches, meaning that your information remains confidential.
Stronger Customer Trust
Demonstrate a proactive approach to cloud security, giving clients, partners, and regulators confidence in your systems.
Reduce Downtime and Loss
Prevent costly incidents that can lead to operational disruption, financial penalties, and reputational damage.
Gain Insights
Cloud penetration tests don’t just identify vulnerabilities—they also provide you with a detailed report that includes specific recommendations for fixing them. These insights help you prioritise your security efforts, ensuring that your team can focus on the most important issues first.
Why Choose Rootshell for Cloud Security Testing?
We’re proud to provide penetration testing services for some of the UK’s leading organizations.
CREST-certified pen testing
CREST is an internationally recognised accreditation for penetration testing services. Our CREST-certified testers carry out your penetration testing services to the highest technical and ethical standards.
Quality assured
We deliver our penetration testing services to industry standards, such as Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) guidelines, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES).
Expert advice and support
Following your penetration test, our CREST-certified testers provide you with expert guidance and support. You will receive clear reports and advice, along with step-by-step instructions, ensuring you know exactly how to remediate and reduce risk.
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Which cloud providers do you offer penetration testing for?
Firstly, our CREST-certified testers conduct a manual review of the configuration of your cloud services. They carry out an exhaustive assessment of all the services that may be in use within your cloud environment, looking for any vulnerabilities. Our testers will then use a combination of automated and manual techniques to attempt to safely exploit any identified vulnerabilities to determine whether they could enable a cyber attack. You will receive expert remediation guidance that ensures any issues are resolved quickly and effectively. Our testers will also identify and analyse API calls in web applications to ensure that no sensitive data is being exposed.
What's the difference between a pentest and vulnerability scanning?
A penetration test simulates a real-world attack on your organisation’s network, applications, and systems to identify any weaknesses. A pen test is conducted by skilled consultants, who use the same techniques as real-world hackers; you can think of it as ‘ethical hacking’. On the other hand, vulnerability scanning is carried out using automated tools and solely focuses on identifying vulnerabilities within software.
Which cloud providers do you offer penetration testing for?
Firstly, our CREST-certified testers conduct a manual review of the configuration of your cloud services. They carry out an exhaustive assessment of all the services that may be in use within your cloud environment, looking for any vulnerabilities.
Our testers will then use a combination of automated and manual techniques to attempt to safely exploit any identified vulnerabilities to determine whether they could enable a cyber attack. You will receive expert remediation guidance that ensures any issues are resolved quickly and effectively.
Our testers will also identify and analyse API calls in web applications to ensure that no sensitive data is being exposed.
How often should penetration testing for cloud services be carried out?
If unmaintained, cloud computing can leave your organisation vulnerable to cyber attacks. We recommend conducting a pen test any time you make significant configuration changes to the configuration your cloud services. Our team can advise the best solution for your organisation.
