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Cloud Infrastructure Audit for AWS, Google Cloud and Azure
An acks.io cloud infrastructure audit is an independent, fixed-fee review of your AWS, Google Cloud or Azure environment. It is modular: security, architecture, reliability, cost and operations can each be in scope. You get a written report with prioritised findings and a remediation plan.
Cloud-agnostic in method, provider-specific in detail. We review the controls and services of the cloud you actually use, including multi-cloud and hybrid setups.
Who it is for
When you need an independent view of your cloud
- Your environment grew organically — accounts, projects and permissions added as needed, never reviewed as a whole.
- Security due diligence is coming from a customer, an investor or a certification audit.
- You are planning a major change — a migration, a new region, a new product — and want to know what to fix before building on it.
- Reliability depends on assumptions nobody has tested, such as whether backups restore or a zone failure is survivable.
Audit modules
Choose what is in scope
Security is the most common starting point. Most teams add architecture, reliability and cost, because the same weaknesses tend to show up in all of them.
Security
- IAM: privileged roles, long-lived keys, unused access
- Account, project and subscription structure
- Public exposure of storage, databases and endpoints
- Encryption at rest and in transit, key management
- Logging, detection and security tooling coverage
Architecture
- Network design, segmentation and private connectivity
- Environment separation (prod, staging, dev)
- Use of managed services vs. self-run components
- Single points of failure and coupling
Reliability and resilience
- Multi-zone and multi-region design
- Backups, restore tests and recovery objectives
- Monitoring, alerting and SLOs
- Capacity limits and quotas
Cost
- Rightsizing and idle resources
- Reservations, savings plans and committed use
- Data transfer and storage tiering
- Cost allocation and budgets
Infrastructure as code and change
- Terraform coverage and drift from reality
- Who can change production, and how
- CI/CD credentials and pipeline security
Operations and maturity
- Runbooks and incident response
- Patch and upgrade practices
- Ownership and knowledge concentration
What you receive
Findings, priorities and a plan
- Findings reportEach finding with severity, evidence, affected resources, impact and a concrete fix.
- Prioritised remediation planQuick wins and structural changes, ordered by risk and effort.
- Executive summaryA short overview suitable for leadership, customers and auditors.
- Readout sessionA walkthrough with your engineers, with time for questions.
After the audit
What happens next is up to you
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does a cloud infrastructure audit include?
An acks.io cloud infrastructure audit reviews identity and access management, network design and exposure, data protection and encryption, logging and detection, reliability and disaster recovery, infrastructure as code and change management, and cost. You choose which modules are in scope.
Do you audit AWS, Google Cloud and Azure?
Yes. The audit is cloud-agnostic in method and specific in detail: we review each provider's own services and controls, and multi-cloud environments in the same engagement.
Is this the same as a cloud security audit?
Security is one module of the audit and can be run on its own. Most teams also include architecture, reliability and cost, because the same weaknesses often show up in all of them.
How long does an audit take?
It depends on the size of the environment and the modules in scope. We agree the timeline and a fixed fee in writing before we start.
Talk to an engineer about your infrastructure
A 30-minute call with a senior engineer, not a sales rep. We ask about your setup and what is worrying you, and tell you honestly whether we can help.