Cloud security reviews
Cloud services can improve flexibility and resilience, but they also introduce configuration, identity and access risks. Be Secure Cyber helps organisations review and improve their cloud security posture, with a focus on effective controls that reduce the risks that matter most to the organisation.
The work is particularly useful where Microsoft 365, Azure or other cloud services have grown quickly, administrator access has expanded over time, or responsibility is split between the organisation, its IT provider and cloud platform settings.
Areas we can review
We can support reviews and improvement planning for:
- Microsoft 365 and Azure security configuration;
- identity and access management;
- multi-factor authentication and conditional access;
- privileged access and administrator roles;
- device, email and collaboration security;
- security baselines and policy alignment;
- monitoring, alerting and incident readiness.
Common cloud security issues we find
Cloud environments that have grown organically tend to share certain problems. Common findings include:
- administrator accounts with excessive permissions that have never been reviewed;
- MFA not enforced consistently across cloud and identity platforms;
- Conditional Access policies that are incomplete, duplicated or too broad;
- external sharing enabled without controls;
- guest and stale user accounts not reviewed;
- legacy authentication paths still active;
- audit logging not configured or not reviewed;
- unclear ownership of cloud resources between the business and its IT provider.
These issues do not always require expensive tooling. Many can be addressed through configuration and process changes.
Microsoft 365 and Azure
Many cloud security reviews focus on Microsoft 365 and Azure because they are central to how SMEs and growing organisations operate.
For a more detailed breakdown of Microsoft 365 tenant configuration, identity and collaboration settings, see our Microsoft 365 Security Review service page.
Who this is useful for
Cloud security review is usually a good fit for:
- organisations that have moved to Microsoft 365 or Azure and want an independent view;
- businesses that rely on internal or outsourced IT support but want assurance that cloud configuration has been reviewed;
- organisations preparing for Cyber Essentials Plus, where cloud configuration affects readiness;
- leadership teams that need a clear view of cloud-specific risk before approving further investment.
Useful outputs
A cloud security review should give you more than a list of settings. We focus on what each issue means, how it affects risk and which improvements should be prioritised.
Part of a wider security programme
Cloud security work can be delivered as a standalone review or as part of broader consultancy, vCISO, vulnerability assessment or certification readiness work.
Where cloud exposure visibility is required, cloud security review can also link into wider vulnerability or exposure management activity .
Speak to us about cloud security
If you want an independent view of your Microsoft 365, Azure or wider cloud configuration, contact Be Secure Cyber to discuss a review.