Many cloud risks come from configuration choices rather than platform failure. A storage service becomes public, an administrative role is over-assigned, logging is not enabled, a key is not rotated, or a workload is exposed through an unnecessary management path. A cloud configuration review focuses on these practical configuration risks.

Cryptika reviews agreed cloud configurations against security baselines, regulatory expectations, internal policies, and the organization’s risk profile. The objective is to identify risky settings, explain their impact, and provide clear remediation actions that cloud, security, and compliance teams can use.

Methodology Basis

The review may use CSA CCM, CIS Controls, Microsoft cloud security guidance, NIST CSF 2.0, NCA CCC, ISO/IEC 27001, cloud provider recommendations, and client-approved baselines. Listed references are common examples and not a limitation on service scope.

What Is Reviewed

• Identity and administrator roles.
• MFA, conditional access, and privileged access controls.
• Network security groups, firewall rules, routing, and public exposure.
• Storage access, object permissions, encryption, and data protection settings.
• Logging, audit trails, monitoring, and alert configuration.
• Backup, recovery, retention, and deletion controls.
• Key management, secrets, certificates, and service principals.
• Workload configuration, management interfaces, and baseline hardening.

• Confirm the cloud services, regions, accounts, subscriptions, tenants, and configuration areas in scope.
• Collect read-only evidence, screenshots, exports, or configuration data using agreed methods.
• Compare settings against the agreed baseline and applicable requirements.
• Validate whether high-risk findings are exploitable, exposed, or business-critical.
• Separate technical misconfiguration from governance, ownership, and evidence gaps.
• Provide remediation guidance and risk-based priorities.

Expected Deliverables

• Cloud configuration review report.
• Risk-rated configuration findings.
• Evidence references and affected resources.
• Recommended secure configuration actions.
• Exception list and residual-risk notes, where needed.
• Management summary and technical remediation appendix.

Scope Caution

Configuration changes should be performed by the client’s authorized administrators or under a separately approved implementation engagement with change-management approval.

What the Client Should Prepare

• Cloud platform and service inventory.
• Read-only access or exported configuration evidence.
• Approved configuration baselines, if available.
• Current security policies and exceptions.
• Cloud architecture and ownership information.