Cloud Penetration Testing

Cloud penetration testing is a controlled security assessment of your AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or hybrid cloud environment. Penva reviews cloud identity, permissions, exposed services, storage, networking, workloads, containers, serverless functions, secrets, and attack paths to identify exploitable weaknesses such as IAM privilege escalation, public data exposure, insecure security groups, leaked keys, misconfigured services, and lateral movement paths.

Cloud penetration testing in Australia typically starts from AUD $2,000 for a focused cloud security assessment. The final price depends on the number of cloud accounts or subscriptions, services in scope, IAM complexity, workloads, Kubernetes or container usage, serverless architecture, external exposure, and whether AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or a hybrid environment is included. Penva provides a fixed-price quote after a free scoping call.

Most cloud penetration tests take 5 to 10 business days of active testing, plus 1 to 2 days for reporting. A small cloud environment with limited services may be assessed faster, while a complex multi-account AWS, Azure, or GCP environment with Kubernetes, CI/CD, IAM roles, and production workloads can take 2 to 3 weeks. Penva shares findings progressively so remediation can begin during testing.

Yes, when cloud systems store, process, or transmit sensitive business, customer, payment, or regulated data. ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, APRA CPS 234, and enterprise procurement reviews commonly expect evidence that cloud infrastructure and applications are security tested. Penva provides audit-ready cloud pentest reports with risk ratings, evidence, business impact, remediation guidance, and retest validation.

A cloud posture scan checks cloud configuration against known best practices, such as public buckets, open ports, or weak settings. A cloud penetration test goes further by validating whether those weaknesses can be exploited, chained, and used to access data, escalate privileges, or move across cloud services. Penva combines cloud configuration review with attacker-led testing to show real business impact.

No. Penva delivers human-led cloud penetration testing. We use automated cloud posture tools and AI-assisted workflows only to support inventory, permission mapping, and coverage. Every cloud finding is manually validated by a tester before it is reported. This is important because cloud compromise often depends on chaining IAM permissions, exposed services, metadata access, secrets, and business context.

Penva follows NIST SP 800-115, PTES, CIS cloud benchmarks, cloud provider security guidance for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and practical attacker-led cloud testing methodology. Our process covers scoping, cloud asset discovery, IAM and permission review, exposure analysis, workload testing, secrets review, exploitation, privilege escalation, lateral movement analysis, reporting, and remediation retesting.

Penva designs cloud testing to reduce risk to production workloads, customer data, and uptime. We avoid destructive actions unless explicitly approved, use read-only review where appropriate, coordinate testing windows for sensitive workloads, and validate high-risk issues safely. Testing is performed under agreed rules of engagement so security weaknesses can be confirmed without unnecessary disruption.

Yes. Every Penva fixed-price cloud penetration test includes one free retest within 60 days of the original engagement. After remediation, we re-check each issue and provide an updated report confirming whether the findings are fixed. This gives your team clear evidence for ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, APRA, vendor security reviews, and internal risk sign-off.

Yes. Penva's testers hold recognised penetration testing certifications including CREST, OSCP, and HTB CPTS, with experience across cloud, web applications, APIs, networks, and identity environments. Cloud testing is performed by security professionals who understand both cloud configuration risk and real-world exploitation paths across IAM, workloads, secrets, and exposed services.

At minimum, cloud environments should be penetration tested annually and after significant changes such as new cloud accounts, new internet-facing services, IAM redesigns, Kubernetes deployments, CI/CD changes, mergers, migrations, or major infrastructure releases. Fast-moving cloud teams should test more frequently when sensitive data, regulated workloads, or customer-facing services are involved.

Penva commonly finds excessive IAM permissions, privilege escalation paths, public storage exposure, leaked cloud keys, exposed management interfaces, insecure security groups, vulnerable workloads, metadata service exposure, SSRF-to-cloud-token risk, weak CI/CD secrets handling, misconfigured containers, insecure serverless functions, and poor logging or alerting. The highest-impact issues usually involve identity abuse and access to sensitive cloud data.

Penva supports SaaS platforms, FinTech and payments providers, healthcare organisations, education platforms, e-commerce companies, professional services, and government supply-chain vendors across Australia. We work with teams in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Canberra that need cloud testing for compliance, customer assurance, cyber insurance, or risk reduction.

Yes. Penva can sign a mutual NDA before any cloud architecture, account IDs, subscriptions, diagrams, credentials, permissions, or commercial information is shared. We can also work under your MSA, supplier agreement, data-handling requirements, or enterprise procurement process.