How long does a cloud penetration testing engagement take?

Two to four weeks of active testing per cloud, plus a one-week scoping phase up front and a free re-test after fixes land. Window scales with account count, identity boundaries, and Kubernetes scope.

What is tested in a cloud pentest?

AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes. Named bug classes per surface: IMDSv1 SSRF and IAM role chaining on AWS; managed-identity over-scope and Storage Account SAS leak on Azure; Workload Identity Federation confusion and service-account impersonation on GCP; pod-to-host RBAC bypass and kubelet API abuse on Kubernetes.

Do you include a re-test?

Yes. Every cloud engagement includes a free re-test of the same scope after fixes land. The proof-of-exploit reverts on patch and we sign written closure for each finding.

Which compliance frameworks does the report map to?

PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 Type II, NIST CSF, and FedRAMP. Severity is CREST-mapped. SecureLayer7 is CERT-In empanelled.

How does this differ from a CSPM tool?

CSPM grades what your cloud looks like. A pentest reports what an attacker can do with it. Our operators chain flagged findings, IMDSv1 enabled, Lambda role attached, S3 policy weak, into one path from external recon to data exfil.

Is the report regulator-ready?

Yes. CREST-mapped severity, a working proof-of-exploit per finding, code-level fix guidance, and a regulator-ready PDF accepted across PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2, and FedRAMP review cycles.

Cloud penetration testing

Cloud penetration testing. For AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes.

A misconfigured role or an exposed bucket is rarely the whole story. We test how those small gaps chain into real access across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes, then map each path to the SOC 2, FedRAMP, and PCI DSS controls your US auditors check.

Four providers

AWS · Azure · GCP · Kubernetes, one method, four control planes.

Evidence

Working proof-of-exploit and code-level fix guidance on every finding.

Re-test included

We verify your fixes at no extra cost. One engagement, closed loop.

Trusted by security teams across Fintech, SaaS & Education, Enterprise & Telecom, Security & Critical Infrastructure

On record

Cloud depth.

One misconfiguration is never just one finding. It's the first step into your account.

A single over-permissive role or an exposed key is rarely the whole risk. We chain those small gaps the way an attacker would, from one weak setting to real access across your account, and show you exactly where the path breaks.

How AI fits across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes pentests

One cloud finding chained through three steps into full account access.

What we test

Four cloud surfaces. One engagement.

Each provider gets a manual, threat-modelled review against its real attack surface, control plane, identity, network, and workload. Intensity tunes per scope.

Amazon AWS

IMDSv1 SSRF, IAM role chaining, public S3 enumeration, Lambda over-privilege, EKS cluster-role abuse, KMS key-policy misuse, Cognito user-pool misconfig, Secrets Manager exposure.

Microsoft Azure

Managed identity over-scope, Storage Account SAS leak, Function App env exposure, AKS pod-identity abuse, Key Vault access policy bypass, Azure AD application consent, Logic App secret reuse.

Google Cloud Platform

Workload-identity confusion, service-account impersonation, Cloud Run scope abuse, GKE node pool escape, Secret Manager IAM gaps, Cloud Storage bucket policy bypass, Cloud Functions trigger replay.

Kubernetes

Pod escape via privileged container, RBAC bypass, etcd exposure, kubelet API abuse, sidecar/init container attack paths, NetworkPolicy gaps, admission-controller bypass, ServiceAccount token theft.

CLOUD PENTEST METHODOLOGY.

Eight phases. Control plane to workload.

Threat-modelled to your control plane, identity model, and workload topology. Not a template we run against every cloud.

01
Scope & threat-model
02
Recon & enumeration
03
Configuration review
04
Identity exploitation
05
Workload & network exploitation
06
Vulnerability analysis
07
Remediation guidance
08
Patch verification

Insights

Cloud security Resources.

Cross-provider attack-path notes: AWS, Azure, GCP, written by the same reviewers who run cloud pentests.

AWS Amplify Studio CVE-2025-4318 RCE diagram

AWS

CVE-2025-4318: RCE in AWS Amplify Studio via unsafe property expression

SL7 Lab disclosure: managed-property evaluation in Amplify Studio yields RCE. Working PoC + remediation.

Enhancing Data Security with KMS Encryption in S3 Buckets

Where KMS bucket-key policy actually closes risk, and where it gives a false sense of safety.

AWS Cloud Security: Practices & Checklist

Operator-grade checklist of the AWS controls that matter, tested by hand and proven by exploit.

One lead across your whole cloud estate.

Nivedita Singh

Security Advisor & Engagement Lead

10+

Years in offensive security

300+

Engagements led

99.7%

On-time delivery rate

Nivedita scopes cloud-pentest engagements against your account topology, identity model, and workload boundaries. She guides the pod from kick-off through final report and re-test.

Scopes AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes engagements against your real risk model.
Owns kick-off, mid-engagement check-ins, and live walkthrough of every finding.
Drives remediation review and re-test until every cloud-path finding is closed.

SL7 Lab. Published CVE research.

Nivedita Singh, Security Advisor & Engagement Lead at SecureLayer7

Ready to scope a cloud pentest? Book 30 minutes with Nivedita to walk through your topology, identity model, and timeline.

Common procurement questions

What buyers ask about cloud penetration testing.

Six questions procurement teams send before signing a cloud pentest SOW. Answered against our methodology and your auditor.

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For startups

Pre-Series A? Apply for the startup program.

A single Autonomous app pentest, CREST-aligned report, engagement-lead signoff, retest included, heavily discounted for pre-Series A startups passing enterprise procurement or SOC 2 due diligence. Eligibility verified on application.

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