Businesses are adopting the multi-cloud approach, combining Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to realize scalability, efficiency, and redundancy. Nevertheless, increased flexibility will lead to increased exposure to cyber threats. The organizations need to conduct Azure penetration testing and AWS pen test periodically to protect the two platforms. These platform-specific tests disclose the weak points in each platform and keep your multi-cloud system safe and safe.
Azure Penetration Testing
Azure penetration testing is dedicated to holes of the Microsoft ecosystem, such as the Azure Active Directory, virtual networks, and cloud storage.
Under an Azure test Aardwolf Security professionals evaluate:
Weak conditional access and privilege policies: Identity Management.
- Resource Configuration: Storage accounts mismatched and uncovered keys.
- Container Security: Assessment of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters.
- Network Controls: Segmentation flaws are tested on the Azure firewalls and VNets.
- Logging and Alerts: Maintaining the correct configuration of Security centre and Defender for Cloud.
Azure penetration testing assists the organization to apply least-privilege access, protect critical workloads, and avoid lateral movement in the environment.
What Is AWS Penetration Testing?
AWS pen testing will measure weaknesses in the Amazon cloud architecture to make sure that your set up is based on the best practices of security at AWS.
Testing typically includes:
- IAM Role Analysis: The identification of redundant privileges or non-active accounts.
- S3 Bucket Testing: It is possible to identify unprotected or publicly available storage.
- EC2 and VPC Security Checks: Checking the instance settings and firewall policies.
- API gateway security: Insecure tokens and data leakage testing.
- CloudTrail Review: It is important to ensure that the audit logs record the entire activity in order to trace it.
AWS penetration testing can identify possible risks that may not be detected by a regular monitoring mechanism by simulating targeted attacks.
Why Both Tests Are Critical
Companies that operate on Azure and AWS are likely to experience integration weaknesses. Cross-platform data can be exposed because of misaligned identity policies, or inconsistent encryption or excessively permissive APIs. Carrying out Azure penetration testing and AWS pen test are beneficial to:
- Find Cross-Cloud Vulnerabilities: Find an intersection of vulnerabilities in authentication.
- Simplify Compliance: Exceed ISO 27001, CIS, and GDPR.
- Enhance Security Governance: Impose homogenous controls in environments.
- Improve Business Continuity: Reduce cloud misconfiguration downtimes.
Aardwolf Security Multi-Cloud Testing Process
We have a systemized approach, which enables our specialists to conduct an Azure and AWS test in an efficient and safe way:
1. Authorization & Scoping: Both cloud providers should be coordinated.
2. Discovery: Visualizing important resources at the regional and service levels.
3. Vulnerability Identification: Identifying misconfigurations and access problems.
4. Exploitation Testing: Trying safe controlled intrusions.
5. Impact Reporting: The delivery of customized remedial plans.
Aardwolf Security also complies with the policy of penetration testing of Microsoft and Amazon.
Key Benefits
- Single security visibility in multi-clouds.
- Adherence to foreign cloud security models.
- Weaknesses of configuration and policy are identified early.
- Third party validation of customer confidence.
Conclusion
Multi-clouds create agility and complexity. Integrating Azure penetration testing with AWS pen testing will give you confidence into knowing that your assets in the cloud are configured in a secure environment and in line with the international standards as well as able to withstand the new threats. Having advanced knowledge in the field, Aardwolf Security will be able to help your organization to take advantage of the cloud and reduce cyber threats.