Cloud Penetration Testing Services

Cloud Penetration Testing is a proactive security assessment aimed at evaluating the resilience of cloud environments against potential cyber threats. It simulates real-world attacks to uncover weaknesses and assess how securely your cloud infrastructure, services, and configurations are set up.

Our Cloud Penetration Testing services are designed to evaluate the security of your cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments. We help uncover misconfigurations, access risks, and hidden threats—before attackers do.

Testing Approaches We Offer

• Black Box Testing

Simulates an external attacker with no prior knowledge of your cloud systems. Ideal for testing exposed APIs, open ports, and internet-facing assets.

• Grey Box Testing

Emulates an attacker with limited user-level access or knowledge. Helps assess internal threats, lateral movement, and privilege escalation.

• White Box Testing

Full access testing with admin or root credentials. Enables a thorough review of internal configurations, IAM roles, and sensitive data exposure.

Rules of Engagement or Penetration Testing Guidelines for major cloud providers. These guidelines define what is permitted, what requires approval, and what is strictly prohibited when conducting penetration tests on their infrastructure:

AWS [https://aws.amazon.com/security/penetration-testing/]

Azure [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/pentest-rules-of-engagement?rtc=1]

GCP [https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6262505?hl=en]

OCI [https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Security/Concepts/security_testing-policy.htm]

Tools used: Nessus, Scout Suite, Nmap, AWS Inspector, Metasploit, Pacu, CloudGoat, AWS Goat, SentinelOne, CloudBrute, Burpsuite, WeirdAAL, S3Scanner, Microburst, SkyArk

Looking to secure your AWS workloads? email us at hello@graphitenetworks.in for Cloud Penetration Testing, Security Assessments, and Cloud Hardening.

Key Objectives of Cloud Penetration Testing:

• Identify Risks, Vulnerabilities, and Gaps

  • Detect misconfigurations, insecure interfaces, exposed credentials, and improperly secured assets in the cloud.

  • Uncover weaknesses across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models.

• Assess the Impact of Exploitable Vulnerabilities

  • Determine the potential damage if a vulnerability were exploited — including data breaches, privilege escalation, or service disruption.

• Simulate Realistic Attack Scenarios

  • Understand how attackers could leverage initial access to move laterally, escalate privileges, or exfiltrate data within the cloud environment.

• Deliver Actionable Remediation Guidance

  • Provide clear, prioritized recommendations to fix identified issues, based on severity and business risk.

• Establish Best Practices for Ongoing Cloud Security

  • Educate internal teams on visibility, monitoring, and secure cloud configurations.

  • Strengthen the organization’s cloud security posture by aligning with industry standards and frameworks.