Cloud Security Assessments
Genesis Solutions evaluates AWS, Azure, and GCP environments against CIS Benchmarks and cloud security best practices — identifying misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and security gaps with a prioritized remediation roadmap.
What Is a Cloud Security Assessment?
A cloud security assessment evaluates your cloud environment’s security posture against established best practices and security frameworks. Cloud providers secure the infrastructure — you are responsible for securing your configuration. The assessment identifies misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and security gaps that put your data and operations at risk.
Platforms We Assess
- Amazon Web Services — IAM policies, S3 bucket exposure, CloudTrail logging, Security Hub findings, VPC configuration
- Microsoft Azure — Entra ID configuration, NSG rules, Key Vault usage, Azure Monitor/Sentinel, resource locks
- Google Cloud Platform — IAM bindings, VPC Service Controls, Cloud Audit Logs, Organization Policy constraints
- Multi-cloud environments — Unified assessment across multiple providers
What We Evaluate
- Identity and Access Management — Least-privilege enforcement, MFA, service account permissions, access key rotation
- Network Security — Segmentation, security groups, public-facing resource exposure, encryption in transit
- Data Protection — Encryption at rest, key management, backup and recovery procedures
- Logging and Monitoring — Activity log configuration, centralization, alerting, retention
- Compute and Container Security — Instance privileges, image scanning, patching, serverless configuration
- CIS Benchmark Alignment — Compliance against applicable CIS cloud benchmarks
What You Receive
- Configuration findings with risk ratings and remediation guidance
- CIS Benchmark alignment — Compliance percentage against applicable benchmarks
- Risk summary — High-level view of your cloud security posture
- Prioritized remediation roadmap sequenced by risk and effort
- Architecture recommendations for long-term posture improvement
Ready to evaluate your cloud security posture? Schedule a scoping call.
How It Works
- 1Scope the environmentIdentify which cloud platforms, accounts, and subscriptions are in scope, along with any compliance requirements driving the assessment.
- 2Assess configurationEvaluate your cloud environment against CIS Benchmarks and security best practices using manual review and automated tooling.
- 3Analyze and prioritize findingsClassify findings by risk, map to compliance requirements, and prioritize based on exploitability and business impact.
- 4Deliver report and roadmapPresent configuration findings, CIS Benchmark alignment scores, and a prioritized remediation roadmap sequenced by risk and effort.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is a cloud security assessment?
- A cloud security assessment evaluates your cloud environment's configuration against established benchmarks and best practices. It identifies misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and security gaps that the shared responsibility model places on your organization — not the cloud provider.
- Which cloud platforms do you assess?
- We assess Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and multi-cloud environments. Each assessment is mapped against the applicable CIS Benchmark for that platform.
- How long does a cloud security assessment take?
- A single-platform assessment typically takes 1-3 weeks depending on the size and complexity of the environment. Multi-cloud assessments may take longer.
Ready to get started?
Schedule a call to discuss your cloud security assessments needs. Transparent pricing, no surprises.