AWS Security & Compliance

Secure Your AWS Environment. Reduce Risk. Stay Compliant.

Identify cloud misconfigurations, reduce security exposure, and implement practical controls across your AWS environment without unnecessary complexity.

No AWS credentials required for the initial review. A simple starting point to understand where your AWS setup stands.
IAM CloudTrail GuardDuty
Identity risk Access reviewed
Storage exposure S3 visibility checked
Monitoring posture CloudWatch + CloudTrail
Compliance support Readiness-focused
  • Review misconfiguration risk before it becomes an incident.
  • Prioritise practical hardening across AWS-hosted workloads.
  • Support compliance readiness with clearer controls and documentation.

Cloud Security Risks Are Easy to Miss

Many businesses move workloads into AWS quickly, but security settings are often left incomplete, overly permissive, or difficult to monitor. The risk is not always obvious until something goes wrong.

01

Overly permissive IAM users and roles

Access often expands over time and leaves unnecessary privileges in place across accounts and workloads.

02

Publicly exposed storage or services

S3 buckets, ports or internet-facing services can stay more exposed than intended.

03

Weak logging and monitoring visibility

Without clear logging, alerts and traceability, suspicious changes are harder to investigate.

04

Missing encryption or backup controls

Data protection settings are often inconsistent across storage, snapshots and application layers.

05

No clear incident response process

Teams may know something could go wrong without knowing what should happen next if it does.

06

Uncertainty around GDPR or compliance expectations

Businesses often need practical clarity on controls, documentation and operational readiness.

What This Service Helps You Achieve

Know where your cloud risks are

Get clearer visibility into misconfigurations, weak controls and security gaps across your AWS setup.

Fix the most important issues first

Prioritise work based on exposure and practical business impact rather than generic checklists.

Strengthen IAM, access, storage and network controls

Improve the areas that most often drive preventable AWS security risk.

Improve logging, monitoring and traceability

Support better oversight with clearer monitoring and a stronger operational record.

Create a clearer security baseline

Build a more defensible and supportable cloud foundation for ongoing operations.

Support compliance readiness with better documentation

Strengthen documentation and controls that help support GDPR and internal compliance work.

Start With a Free AWS Security Review

Before committing to a larger security project, start with a focused review of your current AWS setup. We'll help identify visible risks, configuration gaps and priority areas so you can make informed decisions.

  • No AWS credentials required for the first step
  • Designed for AWS-hosted websites, applications and workloads
  • Highlights practical risks, not generic theory
  • Clear next steps if remediation is needed

Engagement Options

Security Assessment

For businesses that want to understand their current AWS security posture before making changes.

  • IAM and access review
  • S3 and storage exposure checks
  • EC2 and security group review
  • Logging and monitoring review
  • Prioritised findings report
Request Assessment

Security Hardening & Remediation

For businesses that already know there are gaps and want them fixed properly.

  • IAM permission improvements
  • Security group tightening
  • Encryption and backup improvements
  • CloudTrail / CloudWatch setup
  • S3 public access checks
  • Practical remediation plan
Discuss Remediation

Ongoing Security & Compliance Support

For businesses that want continued visibility and support after the initial fixes.

  • Regular security reviews
  • Monitoring improvements
  • Change review support
  • Compliance documentation support
  • Incident readiness guidance
  • Security improvement roadmap
Talk About Ongoing Support

Every environment is different, so pricing is based on scope, account structure, workload size and the level of remediation required.

Critical AWS Security Areas We Review

Identity & Access Management

Review users, roles, permissions and access patterns to reduce unnecessary privileges.

Storage & Data Protection

Check S3 exposure, encryption settings, backup controls and data protection gaps.

Network & Workload Security

Review EC2, security groups, public access, ports and workload exposure.

Logging & Monitoring

Improve visibility with CloudTrail, CloudWatch and security event monitoring.

Compliance Readiness

Support GDPR and internal compliance requirements with clearer controls and documentation.

Incident Preparedness

Help define what happens when suspicious activity or misconfiguration is detected.

Our 4-Step Security Process

1

Assess

We review your current AWS environment, visible risks and business priorities.

2

Prioritise

We separate critical risks from lower-priority issues so the most important work is handled first.

3

Implement

We apply practical security improvements across identity, access, storage, monitoring and infrastructure.

4

Monitor & Improve

We help maintain visibility, review changes and strengthen your security posture over time.

Built for Real AWS Environments

Cloud security is not just about running automated scans. It requires understanding how infrastructure is configured, how services interact, and which risks matter most to the business.

At CloudOps Studio, the focus is practical implementation: identifying what is exposed, fixing what matters, and helping businesses build a stronger cloud foundation.

This often means working across IAM, S3, EC2, VPC security groups, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Config, GuardDuty and Security Hub, while also supporting adjacent projects such as the Cloud Migration service or using the AWS Security Assessment as a useful starting point.

Not Sure If Your AWS Setup Is Secure?

Start with a free AWS security review and get clear next steps before committing to a larger project.

Request Your AWS Security Review