Cloud Security Architecture & AWS Security Assessment
Cloud security architecture consulting for AWS and GCP. Review IAM, network boundaries and compliance requirements, then implement agreed security controls.
Cloud Security Assessment Scope
Overly permissive IAM everywhere
Admin access granted widely because setting up proper roles was slower. Services running with permissions they don't need. Nobody is confident about who can access what in production.
Secrets in the wrong places
Database credentials in environment variables. API keys in config files committed to repos. Secrets stored in places that make rotation difficult and audit trails impossible.
Compliance as a checkbox exercise
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 get treated as documentation projects. The team passes the audit and still has the same security gaps. Compliance work that creates binders without changing actual security posture.
Security reviewed at the end
Security gets reviewed after the architecture is built, not during. No audit trail for who changed what in production. Services exposed to the internet that shouldn't be. The boring stuff that causes real breaches.
Cloud Security Architecture Consulting
What you're protecting, from whom, and what the realistic attack paths are. From that baseline, we build least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, secrets management, encryption, and tamper-evident audit logging. For compliance, we map existing controls to framework requirements, close the gaps, and automate evidence collection.
Assess before authorizing changes
Agree the accounts, workloads, access and evidence available for review. Record control gaps, supporting evidence, impact, owners and recommended next steps. Assessment findings do not authorize production changes; remediation scope and approval are separate. Penetration testing and certification are not implied by this review.
Implement security controls
Implement agreed least-privilege IAM policies, network segmentation, encryption at rest with managed keys, and transport encryption appropriate to the workload. Record configuration and test evidence within the authorized scope. KMS manages encryption keys; TLS protects connections in transit.
Secrets and credential management
Inventory credentials and their consumers, move eligible secrets to managed stores, use federated CI/CD identity where supported, and record rotation and exception handling for the remaining cases.
Compliance that reflects reality
Map controls to SOC 2, ISO 27001, or your framework. Close gaps with real implementation. Build automated evidence collection so audits aren't a quarterly scramble.
You decide whether to proceed from assessment to implementation. When remediation is authorized, we implement and test the agreed controls and explain their operating requirements to your team.
Remediation Roadmap & Control Evidence
A control map that connects requirements to implementation, evidence, owners, exceptions, and review cadence.
Security built into every layer of the architecture from the start, not discovered during a pen test and patched in a rush.
Least-privilege IAM architecture
Scoped roles, cross-account access with minimal permissions, and scope-down policies. Every service gets only what it needs.
Centralised secrets management
Managed secrets and encryption keys, documented rotation requirements, and short-lived workload credentials where the target platform supports them.
Audit-ready compliance controls
Framework requirements mapped to real controls. Evidence collection automated. Audits become verification exercises, not scrambles.
Automated governance
EventBridge and Lambda can execute explicitly approved, tested remediation policies. Changes outside that scope require owner approval. Missing evidence, uncertain impact, or an unverified recovery path stops the action and creates an exception for review.
Results
Mapped
Requirements connect to technical controls, evidence sources, owners, exceptions, and review cadence.
Least privilege
Human and workload identities receive the smallest practical scope with short-lived access where supported.
Automated
Evidence collection and safe remediation reduce repetitive manual work without hiding exceptions.
Tested
Identity, encryption, network, logging, backup, and recovery controls are verified in the target environment.
AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner
Ampity's AWS partnership experience informs the implementation, but each engagement still defines and verifies its own control scope, evidence, and exceptions.
Related services
Reliability Review
Assess your current architecture for failure modes, reliability gaps, and operations. Understand whether your system can handle what's coming.
Infrastructure as Code
Security and CloudFormation done right. Reproducible, auditable infrastructure that your deployment pipelines can manage.
Cloud Platform Engineering
Design account structure, networking, workload identity, and platform controls as an integrated operating foundation.
Frequently asked questions
What is cloud security architecture?
It is the design of identity, network, data protection, logging and governance controls across your cloud environment, so security is built into the platform rather than added afterwards.
What does a cloud security review cover?
IAM and access policies, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management, logging and detection, vulnerability management and configuration drift against recognised benchmarks.
Can you help us prepare for compliance audits?
Yes. We map cloud controls to the frameworks you need, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001 or GDPR obligations, and close the gaps an auditor is likely to flag. Certification itself is issued by the auditor.
What is a zero-trust approach in the cloud?
Zero trust means no user, service or network location is trusted by default. Every request is authenticated and authorised using identity, least privilege and continuous verification.
Do you secure both AWS and Google Cloud environments?
Yes. We work with AWS and GCP native security services and with multi-cloud setups, applying a consistent control model across providers.