Security Assessments

Most environments are not insecure by design. They drift. A cloud account grows over three years, permissions accumulate, a firewall rule added for one project is never removed, a library is never updated. Nobody has a current picture of the whole, and a penetration test alone will not show what is merely fragile rather than already broken.

Cloud accounts on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, Microsoft 365 and identity configuration, network segmentation, application code and dependencies, and the gap between a written policy and what is actually enforced. It is common before certification audits, after a change of provider, and when a client questionnaire asks questions nobody can answer with confidence.

We choose the assessment that matches the question: a cloud configuration review against provider best practice, an architecture review of a system before it is built or expanded, a code review focused on security, or a control gap assessment against a framework such as ISO 27001 or the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The output is always the same shape: what is in place, what is missing, why it matters, and what to do.

Assessments are mostly read only. We need documentation, read access to the relevant consoles or repositories, and time with the people who run the systems. Fieldwork takes one to three weeks depending on scope. We review the draft with your team before it is final so that context is not missing from the findings.

A report you can hand to an auditor and a plan you can hand to an engineer.

• Findings with severity, evidence and the control or configuration that resolves each
• A mapping to the framework or benchmark you care about
• A prioritised improvement plan with effort estimates

You replace assumptions with an inventory of real controls and real gaps. Budget goes to the changes that reduce the most risk, audit preparation stops being a scramble, and client questionnaires get answered from evidence.