Sherlocked Security – Cloud Configuration VAPT (AWS / Azure / GCP)
Harden Your Cloud Footprint before adversaries exploit misconfigurations. Our cloud-native VAPT helps identify real-world risks, misconfig chains, and privilege escalation vectors across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
📄 1. Statement of Work (SOW)
- Service Name: Cloud Configuration Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT)
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Client Type: SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, Enterprises, Cloud-Native Startups
- Service Model: Agentless + Credentialed API Review
- Compliance Coverage: CIS Benchmarks, CSA CCM, NIST 800-53, ISO 27017, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2
🔍 Scope Includes:
- IAM Roles, Policies, Trust Relationships
- S3/GCS Blob Permissions, Buckets, Storage Classes
- Security Groups, NSGs, Firewall Rules
- Key Management Systems (KMS, HSM)
- Secrets Managers, Metadata APIs
- Publicly Exposed Services (ELB, EC2, Functions, DBs)
- Container Services (ECS, EKS, AKS, GKE)
🧠 2. Our Approach
- 🔹 Cloud-native enumeration via APIs
- 🔹 Attack-path modeling for privilege escalation
- 🔹 Misconfiguration chaining for real-world impact
Visual Flow Diagram:
[Credential Audit] → [Resource Mapping] → [Policy Enumeration] →
[Public Exposure Scan] → [Privilege Escalation Modeling] → [Manual Exploits] →
[Reporting + Fix Walkthrough]
🧪 3. Methodology
Phase-by-Phase Breakdown:
[Kickoff & Access Setup] → [Enumerate Cloud Services] → [IAM & RBAC Analysis] →
[Storage Bucket Misconfigs] → [Network Perimeter Audit] → [Secrets Exposure Checks] → [Exploitation Simulation] →
[Risk Reporting] → [Retesting & Closure]
📦 4. Deliverables to the Client
- ✅ Cloud Risk Matrix
- 📘 Technical Report (CIS & CVSS mapped)
- 🔐 IAM Trust Chain Diagrams
- 💾 Storage and Key Exposure Proofs
- 🔓 Role Escalation Maps
- 🌍 Public Access Heatmaps
- 📊 Resource Exposure Visualizations
- 🧑💻 Slack/Teams Fix Support
- 🔁 One Free Retesting Cycle
- 🎓 Post-Remediation Cloud VAPT Certificate
🤝 5. What We Need from You
- ✅ Temporary IAM user/role with read-only permissions
- ✅ Cloud inventory (Regions, Services used)
- ✅ Defined scope (e.g., prod only, exclude dev)
- ✅ Exclusion list (buckets, VMs, key services)
- ✅ Admin POC for escalation alerts
- ✅ Preferred time window for live simulations
🧰 6. Tools & Technology Stack
- 🔍 ScoutSuite, Prowler (AWS), Azucar (Azure), GCPBucketBrute
- 🔑 Pacu (AWS Exploitation), CloudSploit
- 📜 IAM Scanner, Parliament
- 🧪 Custom Python scripts for policy fuzzing
- 🌐 Shodan, Censys, CloudGraph
- 🛠️ AWS CLI, Azure CLI, GCloud CLI
🚀 7. Engagement Lifecycle
- Scope Finalization
- NDA + IAM Access Setup
- Recon & Enumeration
- Exploitation Simulation
- Draft Report Delivery
- Fix Guidance & Support
- Retesting Phase
- Final Report + Certification
🌟 8. Why Sherlocked Security?
| Feature | Sherlocked Advantage |
|---|---|
| ☁️ Deep API-based Analysis | No agents or invasive installs required |
| 🔍 Multi-Cloud Coverage | All major cloud platforms covered in one go |
| 🔓 Exploitation-First Testing | Misconfig to abuse path PoC approach |
| 📘 CIS Benchmark Mapping | Findings aligned with compliance controls |
| 🧑💻 Fix Walkthroughs | Slack/Teams support for DevOps teams |
| 🎓 VAPT Certificate | Issued post-remediation |
📚 9. Real-World Case Studies
🔓 S3 Bucket Exposure via IAM Policy
- Issue: Overly permissive IAM (s3:* on all resources)
- Impact: PII and internal logs exposed
- Fix: Resource-scoped permissions + KMS usage
🧪 GCP Service Account Token Abuse
- Client: SaaS on GCP
- Issue: Token allowed excessive permissions
- Impact: Escalation to DB Admin
- Fix: Least privilege + token TTL limits
🛡️ 10. SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
- Kickoff Call & IAM Setup
- Cloud Inventory Mapping
- IAM & Trust Relationship Audit
- Storage & Secrets Exposure Testing
- Network & Security Group Review
- Privilege Abuse Simulations
- Risk Report Generation (CIS/CVSS)
- Fix Support & Retesting
- Final Delivery + Certificate
📋 11. Cloud VAPT Checklist (Preview)
- ✅ IAM roles/policies reviewed for least privilege
- ✅ Public access on buckets & blobs audited
- ✅ Firewall and SG rules evaluated
- ✅ MFA enforcement checked
- ✅ Logging and monitoring reviewed
- ✅ Sensitive data exposure checks on cloud storage
- ✅ Secrets & key management audited
- ✅ Unused/deprecated services flagged
- ✅ Serverless function security tested
- ✅ Compliance benchmark tests executed