Each cloud service provider has a pentesting policy that outlines the services and testing methods that are allowed and not allowed. To begin, we must confirm which cloud services are utilized in the customer’s environment and which services can be put to the test by cloud pentesters.
a. In order to establish the start and finish dates of the pentest, our first priority is to get in touch with the customer.
b. Pentesters require time to understand the system after receiving the information, so they can examine it – look into its source code, software versions, potential access points to see if any keys have been released.
Cloud security would be useless without assessing the results and answers. We must assess the results after using the automated tools and running manual testing. Documentation of each response is required. One of the steps involves the use of our knowledge and experience with the cloud.
The cloud security methodology ends with this stage. The severity and effect of vulnerabilities should be reviewed and looked into with the cloud pentesting team once all cloud tests and inspections have been completed. A final report on cloud vulnerabilities should be created with suggestions and fixes.