CERT-In — Empanelled security auditor since 2008

Cloud Security Assessment Services for EnterpriseEnvironments

Identify misconfigurations, access control gaps, and data exposure risks across your AWS, Azure, and multi-cloud infrastructure with structured, platform-driven security assessments trusted by ICICI Bank, Larsen and Toubro, and 700+ enterprises.

6,700+Assessments
700+Clients
150+Team
2006Founded

Trusted by India's leading enterprises

ICICI Bank
HDFC
PhonePe
Swiggy
Asian Paints
Mahindra
L&T
Aditya Birla
Pernod Ricard
Yes Bank
DHL Express
Etihad Airways
Amazon Pay
Sephora
Groww
Pharmeasy
BillDesk
Jubilant Foods
ICICI Bank
HDFC
PhonePe
Swiggy
Asian Paints
Mahindra
L&T
Aditya Birla
Pernod Ricard
Yes Bank
DHL Express
Etihad Airways
Amazon Pay
Sephora
Groww
Pharmeasy
BillDesk
Jubilant Foods
STEP 01

Scope and Discover

We map your entire cloud environment including accounts, services, IAM policies, storage, networking, and workloads to define the assessment boundary and prioritize high-risk areas.

STEP 02

Assess and Validate

Our team performs deep manual review of cloud configurations, access controls, data exposure paths, and architecture decisions, supplemented by automated scanning through our Lemon platform.

STEP 03

Report and Remediate

You receive a detailed report with prioritized findings, cloud-specific remediation guidance, and multiple rounds of retesting to verify your team has resolved each issue correctly.

What Is a Cloud Security Assessment?

A cloud security assessment is a structured evaluation of your cloud infrastructure to identify misconfigurations, excessive permissions, data exposure risks, and architecture weaknesses across platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. It goes beyond automated scanning to include manual validation of IAM policies, network segmentation, storage security, and compliance alignment.

What We Assess in Your CloudEnvironment

Our cloud security assessments go beyond surface-level configuration checks to evaluate every layer of your cloud infrastructure for real-world exploitability.

IAM and Access Control Review

Evaluate identity policies, role assignments, privilege escalation paths, and service account permissions for excessive access.

Cloud Configuration Security

Review security groups, NACLs, encryption settings, logging configurations, and service-level hardening against CIS benchmarks.

Storage and Data Exposure

Identify publicly accessible S3 buckets, blob storage, databases, and backup repositories that could leak sensitive data.

Network Architecture and Segmentation

Assess VPC configurations, subnet isolation, peering connections, transit gateways, and lateral movement potential.

Container and Kubernetes Security

Review Docker image vulnerabilities, Kubernetes RBAC, pod security policies, secrets management, and cluster configurations.

Serverless and PaaS Security

Evaluate Lambda functions, API Gateway configurations, event triggers, and platform-as-a-service components for misconfigurations.

Logging, Monitoring, and Detection

Verify that CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and SIEM integrations are properly configured to detect security events.

CI/CD Pipeline Security

Assess Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and other pipeline configurations for hardcoded credentials, insecure build processes, and deployment risks.

Data Localization and Sovereignty

Verify data residency requirements, cross-region replication policies, and compliance with India data localization mandates.

Methodology

7 steps. Zero guesswork.

Every engagement follows this process through Lemon, our proprietary audit management platform.

Discovery
01

Engagement Kickoff and Environment Discovery

A formal kickoff meeting validates scope, confirms cloud accounts and regions in scope, and gathers access requirements. We collect IAM policy exports, architecture diagrams, network topology documentation, and service inventories. Lemon creates the project structure, assigns the audit team with L1, L2, and L3 reviewers, and generates the testing task list based on the cloud platform and services in scope.

02

Cloud Architecture Mapping

Our team maps the full cloud environment including accounts, subscriptions, VPCs, subnets, security groups, IAM roles, service configurations, storage buckets, databases, and compute instances. This mapping serves as the baseline for coverage validation, ensuring every service and configuration is evaluated during the assessment.

03

Automated Configuration Scanning

Lemon orchestrates automated scanning against CIS benchmarks and cloud-specific security baselines. Scans cover IAM policies, network configurations, encryption settings, logging status, and service-level hardening. Scan scheduling, notifications, and results ingestion are centrally managed through the platform.

Testing
04

Manual Security Review and Exploitation

Senior security consultants perform deep manual analysis of findings that automated tools cannot reliably evaluate: IAM privilege escalation paths, cross-account trust relationships, service chaining risks, container escape scenarios, and data exposure through misconfigured APIs and storage policies. Each finding is validated with a reproducible proof of concept.

05

AI-Augmented Coverage Validation

AI models cross-reference the environment mapping with scan results and manual testing artifacts to identify services, configurations, or accounts that may not have been fully evaluated. Coverage gaps are flagged for the audit team to investigate before the engagement concludes.

Delivery
06

Multi-Layer Quality Review

Every finding undergoes L1, L2, and L3 review. L1 auditors document findings with proof of concepts. L2 senior consultants validate coverage completeness and methodology. L3 security architects confirm impact classification and reporting accuracy. No assessment is released without passing all three review gates.

07

Reporting, Remediation, and Retesting

Deliverables include an executive summary for leadership and a detailed technical report with cloud-specific remediation guidance for each finding. Multiple rounds of retesting are included so your team can verify fixes iteratively. Remediation walkthrough sessions are available for development and DevOps teams.

"Security Brigade's structured approach through Lemon gave us complete visibility into the testing process. The three-layer review caught issues that our previous vendor missed entirely. Their reports were the first our developers could actually act on without a follow-up call."
CISO, Leading Indian BFSI Enterprise
Top 5 Private Sector Bank · Engaged since 2019

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The Platform

Powered by Lemon

Most firms rely on individual tester skill. We built a platform that makes quality structural — informed by 6,700+ previous assessments.

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Coverage Validation — acmecorp.com
94% covered
Endpoints
247 / 263
Parameters
1,847
Auth Flows
12 / 12
JS Routes
38 / 41
AI flagged 3 undiscovered endpoints
/api/v2/admin/export, /api/v2/billing/webhook, /internal/healthcheck
L1 Complete
L2 In Review
L3 Pending

Automated Environment Fingerprinting

Lemon identifies cloud services, configurations, and architecture patterns to define the optimal testing approach for your specific environment.

Real-Time Client Dashboard

Track findings as they are identified, monitor project timelines, review issue status, and manage remediation across teams without waiting for the final report.

AI-Driven Coverage Validation

AI cross-references environment mapping, scan results, and manual testing artifacts to identify gaps and ensure no cloud service goes untested.

Compliance-Ready

Audit-ready reporting for every framework

As a CERT-In empanelled firm, our reports are accepted by all major Indian and global regulators.

RBI Cyber Security Framework
Cloud security controls required for ban
SEBI Cyber Security Circular
Cloud audit requirements for stock excha
CERT-In Audit Standards
Aligned with CERT-In guidelines for infr
ISO 27001 and SOC 2
Cloud security controls mapped to ISO 27
PCI DSS
Cloud configuration and segmentation rev
CIS Benchmarks
Assessment against CIS benchmarks for AW
BFSI
Banks, NBFCs, insurance companies, AMCs,
Fintech and SaaS
High-growth companies, pre-IPO startups,
Manufacturing and Retail
Enterprises securing cloud-hosted supply
Healthcare
Cloud security for EMR/EHR platforms, te

Industries

700+ clients across verticals

Every type of application architecture and business logic pattern — tested.

BFSIICICI Bank, HDFC, Yes Bank, UTI MF, Edelweiss
Fintech & PaymentsPhonePe, Amazon Pay, Groww, BillDesk
ManufacturingMahindra, Asian Paints, L&T, Hindalco
Retail & ConsumerSwiggy, Sephora, Pernod Ricard, Jubilant
Aviation & LogisticsEtihad Airways, DHL Express, Shadowfax
HealthcareCloudNine, Pharmeasy, Wave Health

Deliverables

What you get

Reports for two audiences — executives who need the risk picture, and developers who need to fix the issues. With code-level guidance, not vague advice.

Executive Security Report

High-level risk overview, critical finding summary, business impact analysis, and remediation prioritization for C-suite, board, and compliance stakeholders.

Technical Assessment Report

Detailed findings with proof-of-concept evidence, cloud-specific remediation instructions, CVSS severity ratings, and exact service and configuration references for each issue.

Real-Time Dashboard Access

Live access to findings, project timelines, issue status, and remediation tracking via Lemon throughout the engagement, not just after the final report.

Remediation Retesting

Multiple rounds of retesting included to verify fixes as your team implements them. Track remediation progress in real time without email back-and-forth.

Compliance-Ready Evidence Pack

Findings mapped to relevant regulatory frameworks including RBI, SEBI, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and CIS benchmarks for direct use in compliance documentation.

Security Assessment Certificate

Formal certificate confirming the cloud environment underwent structured security testing. Issued after remediation and validation are complete.

FAQ

Common questions

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What is included in a cloud security assessment?+
A cloud security assessment includes a comprehensive review of your IAM policies, network architecture, storage configurations, container security, logging and monitoring settings, encryption practices, and compliance alignment. Security Brigade combines automated scanning against CIS benchmarks with deep manual review of privilege escalation paths, cross-account trust relationships, and data exposure risks that automated tools cannot reliably detect.
How long does a cloud security assessment take?+
A typical cloud security assessment takes 10 to 15 business days depending on the number of cloud accounts, services in scope, and environment complexity. This includes environment discovery, automated and manual testing, multi-layer quality review, and report delivery. Complex multi-account or multi-cloud environments may require additional time, which is determined during the scoping call.
Do you assess AWS, Azure, and GCP environments?+
Yes. Security Brigade performs cloud security assessments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including multi-cloud and hybrid environments. Our Lemon platform determines the optimal testing methodology based on the specific cloud platform and services in scope, ensuring assessments are tailored to each provider rather than applying a generic checklist.
How is a cloud security assessment different from a vulnerability scan?+
A vulnerability scan runs automated checks against known misconfiguration patterns, producing a list of findings without context. A cloud security assessment includes that automated scanning but adds deep manual review of IAM privilege escalation paths, business logic in cloud architecture decisions, cross-service trust relationships, and data exposure scenarios. This manual layer uncovers the issues that actually lead to breaches.
What access do you need to our cloud environment?+
We typically require read-only IAM roles or service principal access to the cloud accounts in scope, along with architecture diagrams, IAM policy exports, and network topology documentation. All access is managed securely through our Lemon platform with full traceability. We never require production write access, and all testing artifacts are centrally managed and auditable.
Is the cloud security assessment aligned with RBI and SEBI compliance requirements?+
Yes. Our assessment methodology maps findings directly to controls required by the RBI Cyber Security Framework, SEBI Cyber Security Circular, CERT-In audit standards, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS. The deliverables include a compliance-ready evidence pack that your team can use directly in regulatory documentation and audit submissions.
Can you assess container and Kubernetes environments?+
Yes. Our cloud security assessments include dedicated review of container and Kubernetes environments covering Docker image vulnerabilities, Kubernetes RBAC configurations, pod security policies, secrets management, cluster networking, and registry security. This is particularly relevant for organizations running microservices architectures on EKS, AKS, or GKE.
How do you ensure assessment quality and consistency?+
Every cloud security assessment undergoes a mandatory three-level review process. L1 auditors perform the assessment and document findings. L2 senior consultants validate coverage and methodology. L3 security architects confirm impact classifications and reporting accuracy. This process is enforced by our Lemon platform, which will not release a project until all review gates are cleared.
What happens after the assessment report is delivered?+
The report delivery is the beginning of the remediation phase, not the end of the engagement. Security Brigade includes multiple rounds of retesting so your team can verify fixes iteratively. We also conduct remediation walkthrough sessions with your DevOps and cloud engineering teams to clarify findings and guide implementation. Your team retains real-time dashboard access throughout this process.
How much does a cloud security assessment cost in India?+
Cloud security assessment pricing depends on the number of cloud accounts, services in scope, environment complexity, and compliance requirements. Security Brigade provides a detailed proposal after an initial scoping call where we understand your environment and objectives. We recommend requesting a scoping call rather than relying on generic pricing, as every enterprise cloud environment has unique assessment requirements.

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