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Cloud Security

Cloud security consulting and implementation — secure your AWS, Azure, and GCP environments with infrastructure hardening, misconfiguration remediation, CSPM, and continuous compliance monitoring.

AWS/Azure/GCP
Platforms Covered
4–10 wks
Typical Delivery
CIS Benchmarks
Hardening Standard

Cloud misconfigurations are the leading cause of enterprise data breaches — publicly exposed S3 buckets, overpermissioned IAM roles, unencrypted databases, and disabled security logging have all led to headline breaches involving millions of records. Our cloud security services identify and remediate these misconfigurations, implement defence-in-depth across your cloud infrastructure, and configure continuous compliance monitoring so new vulnerabilities are caught in hours — not months after a breach.

We conduct comprehensive cloud security posture assessments across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform — evaluating IAM permissions and privilege escalation paths, network security group configurations, storage access controls, encryption-at-rest and in-transit coverage, logging and monitoring gaps, and container and Kubernetes security. We use Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools including AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Prisma Cloud alongside manual assessment techniques that automated tools miss.

Remediation is delivered as Terraform or CloudFormation Infrastructure as Code so security controls are version-controlled, peer-reviewed, and reproducible across environments. We implement security guardrails as AWS Service Control Policies, Azure Policy, or GCP Organisation Policies that prevent misconfiguration from being introduced by any team member going forward. Continuous compliance monitoring dashboards give your engineering and security teams real-time visibility into your cloud security posture — with automated alerts for any deviation from your baseline.

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  • Cloud security posture assessment across IAM, network, storage, logging, and compute
  • Misconfiguration remediation delivered as Terraform or CloudFormation IaC
  • IAM least-privilege audit: unused permissions, privilege escalation paths, and service account hardening
  • Encryption-at-rest and in-transit coverage audit with gap remediation
  • CSPM platform implementation with continuous compliance monitoring dashboards
  • Security guardrails as SCPs (AWS), Azure Policy, or GCP Org Policies to prevent misconfiguration recurrence

Why RapideKops?

  • Manual assessment techniques find privilege escalation paths that CSPM tools consistently miss
  • Remediation delivered as IaC — security controls are version-controlled and reproducible
  • Security guardrails prevent new misconfigurations from being introduced after we leave
  • CIS Benchmark and AWS/Azure/GCP Well-Architected Framework alignment documented
  • Continuous monitoring dashboards give your team real-time cloud security posture visibility
  • We work within your existing CI/CD pipeline — security checks integrated into your deployment process

Our Delivery Process

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Cloud Security Assessment

We assess your cloud environment across IAM, network, storage, logging, encryption, and compute — producing a risk-prioritised finding register with severity ratings and remediation steps.

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Remediation Planning

We produce a remediation roadmap prioritised by risk, with effort estimates and Terraform/CloudFormation code for every technical control — reviewed before any change is applied to production.

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Hardening Implementation

We apply security controls across your cloud environment using Infrastructure as Code, implement security guardrails to prevent future misconfiguration, and configure CSPM monitoring.

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Continuous Monitoring

CSPM dashboards and alerting are configured so your team sees new security findings in real time — with weekly security posture reports and monthly trend analysis.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the most common cloud security mistakes you find in assessments?
The most common findings are: overpermissioned IAM roles (the principle of least privilege not applied), publicly accessible S3 buckets or Azure Blob containers, security group rules allowing 0.0.0.0/0 ingress on sensitive ports, disabled CloudTrail or Azure Monitor audit logging, unencrypted RDS or database instances, and hardcoded credentials in code repositories or Lambda environment variables.
What is a CSPM tool and do we need one?
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools continuously scan your cloud environment against security benchmarks and compliance frameworks — identifying misconfigurations as they are introduced rather than discovering them during periodic assessments. AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Prisma Cloud are the leading options. We implement and tune CSPM as part of our cloud security engagements so your team has continuous visibility rather than point-in-time snapshots.
Can you secure our Kubernetes / container environment as part of cloud security?
Yes — Kubernetes security is a distinct and important workstream within cloud security. We assess pod security policies, RBAC configurations, network policies between pods, container image scanning pipelines, secrets management (not storing credentials in ConfigMaps), and runtime threat detection. Container security findings are typically the highest-severity items in cloud security assessments.
How do you prevent misconfigurations from being reintroduced after the engagement?
We implement preventive guardrails using AWS Service Control Policies, Azure Policy, or GCP Organisation Policies that enforce your security baseline at the organisation level — preventing any team member from creating resources that violate security requirements. We also integrate security checks into your CI/CD pipeline using tools like Checkov or tfsec so Terraform plans are scanned for misconfigurations before they are applied.
Does cloud security work affect our application performance or availability?
Hardening controls (IAM least-privilege, encryption, logging configuration) have no performance impact. Network segmentation and security group tightening are applied to non-production environments first, validated, then applied to production during a defined maintenance window. We provide rollback procedures for every change applied to production environments.

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