Cloud Pentesting - Purpose and Importance

What is it Testing?

A Cloud environment manages a vast amount of functionalities and data, and because cloud testing is relatively newer, methods may differ from vendor to vendor. At Red Sentry, we focus on testing the core of your infrastructure, which includes Identity and Access Management setup, Databases, Applications deployed, Storage Objects, Logging capabilities, and Virtual Network settings.

Why is it important?

With the rise of Cloud computing, many companies are migrating their infrastructure from on-premise to either hybrid or entirely cloud-based. Because of this shift, having a secure Cloud environment becomes a basic requirement for ensuring that both your company’s data and your clients’ data are secure. In addition, because testing of these environments is newer, companies are generally left less protected from their cloud-side.

Framework/Methodology

✅ CIS Benchmarks

✅ Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES)

✅ Compliance frameworks as needed by client (PCI, SOC 2, HIPAA, etc)

Examples of attacks/findings

✅ Open storage objects (like an S3 bucket)

✅ Lack of proper logging capabilities

✅ Users with direct policy attached

✅ Privilege escalation vulnerabilities