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    Cloud Penetration Testing

    Independent, manual testing of your AWS, Azure, or GCP environment. We find the misconfigurations, over-permissive access, and exposed services that automated scanners miss, then show you exactly how to fix them.

    Cloud platforms move fast, and most breaches in the cloud trace back to configuration mistakes rather than zero-day exploits. An over-permissive IAM role, a public storage bucket, or an exposed management port can hand an attacker the keys to your environment. A cloud penetration test puts a skilled tester in the attacker's seat to find those gaps before someone else does.

    Budget Security runs cloud penetration tests against live AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. Every engagement is performed by OSCP certified testers, scoped online, and priced from EUR 849 per day with no sales calls. You see a fixed price before you commit and receive an audit-ready report through your dashboard.

    Our cloud testing methodology

    We combine the CIS Benchmarks and provider security baselines with manual exploitation following PTES and NIST SP 800-115. Rather than only flagging that a setting is wrong, we demonstrate the real impact: what an attacker could reach, escalate to, or exfiltrate. Each finding includes CVSS scoring, exploitation evidence, and a clear remediation step mapped to your provider's controls.

    What a cloud penetration test covers

    • IAM and identity review: over-permissive roles, privilege escalation paths, unused credentials, and missing MFA enforcement
    • Storage and data exposure: public buckets, misconfigured access policies, and unencrypted sensitive data
    • Network controls: exposed management ports, weak security groups, and unprotected internal services
    • Compute and container security: vulnerable workloads, exposed metadata endpoints, and weak secrets handling
    • Logging and detection: whether suspicious activity in your environment would actually be detected and alerted on
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    Cloud Penetration Testing — FAQ

    What is cloud penetration testing?
    Cloud penetration testing is a manual security assessment of your cloud environment (AWS, Azure, or GCP) where a tester attempts to exploit misconfigurations, weak access controls, and exposed services the way a real attacker would. Unlike a configuration scan, it validates which issues are actually exploitable and demonstrates the real-world impact.
    Do AWS, Azure, and GCP allow penetration testing?
    Yes. All three major providers permit customer-initiated penetration testing of your own resources, and most no longer require advance approval for common in-scope services. Certain activities, such as denial-of-service simulation, still need prior authorization. We scope every engagement to stay within your provider's testing policy.
    How is cloud penetration testing different from a network pentest?
    A network penetration test focuses on hosts, ports, and services. A cloud penetration test adds the platform layer: IAM and identity, storage policies, serverless and container configuration, and provider-specific services. Most cloud breaches come from this platform layer, which a traditional network test does not examine.
    How much does a cloud penetration test cost?
    Cloud penetration testing with Budget Security starts at EUR 849 per day. The total depends on the number of accounts, services, and the depth of testing in scope. You see a fixed price before you commit by entering your scope in our online cost calculator, with no custom-quote delays.
    How long does a cloud penetration test take?
    A focused single-account cloud penetration test typically runs three to five testing days. Larger multi-account or multi-cloud environments take longer. Most engagements begin within days of booking, and reports are delivered through your dashboard as soon as testing completes.
    How do I book a cloud penetration test?
    Request access, add your cloud environment as an asset, scope the test in the platform, and book online. You can also use our penetration test cost calculator for a quick pricing estimate first.