Closing penetration test findings
A test reports exposed services and weak administrative controls. We plan and implement fixes in priority order and provide evidence for the retest.
Cloud & security engineering
Turn security gaps into working defenses.
Design, deploy and tune the controls your environment needs — from identity architecture and Azure security to logging, network protection and resilient backup.
The business problem
Assessments find gaps. Engineering closes them.
Many organizations have a list of security findings from an audit, an insurer or a penetration test. The hard part is turning those findings into secure, working configurations without breaking the systems people rely on.
Cloud adoption adds new questions: who can change production resources, which services are exposed to the internet and whether logs exist when you need to investigate.
What Simba Cyber does
Practical engineering with documented results.
Our engineers review your architecture, agree priorities and implement the changes — then document what was done and why. Work is scoped as defined projects or as ongoing engineering capacity.
- Architecture and posture reviews with prioritized findings
- Hands-on implementation of agreed controls
- Change plans that minimize disruption
- Documentation your team can maintain
Scope & capabilities
What the service includes
Capabilities are confirmed for your environment during scoping and documented in your agreement.
01
Cloud security
- Azure security reviews and landing zone guidance
- Cloud security posture management with Defender for Cloud
- Secure workload deployment and configuration
- Hybrid infrastructure protection
02
Identity architecture
- Privileged access design and role separation
- Conditional Access architecture
- Hybrid identity and directory synchronization
- Workload identity and service principal governance
03
Visibility & network
- Logging and monitoring design
- Network segmentation and protection
- Internet-facing exposure review
- Vulnerability remediation planning
04
Resilience
- Backup and recovery architecture
- Immutable and isolated backup options
- Recovery testing support
- DevSecOps advisory for development teams
Common use cases
How this works in practice
Representative scenarios that show how the service responds. They are illustrations, not client case studies.
Securing a growing Azure footprint
Several teams created Azure resources independently. We review posture in Defender for Cloud, restrict administrative roles and apply policies to keep new resources compliant.
Ransomware-resilient backup
Backups exist but share credentials with production. We redesign backup access and retention so an attacker who gains administrator access cannot delete recovery points.
Business outcomes
What you can expect
- Open security findings resolved with evidence
- Fewer standing administrative privileges
- Logs available when you need to investigate
- Recovery options you have tested, not assumed
Delivery methodology
How we deliver
- 01
Review
Assess architecture, posture data and existing findings against your business requirements.
- 02
Design
Agree target configurations and a change plan with rollback steps.
- 03
Implement
Make changes in stages, validate each step and communicate with affected users.
- 04
Hand over
Document the configuration and connect ongoing monitoring where required.
Related Microsoft technologies
Built on the platforms you already use
- Microsoft Defender for CloudPosture management and workload protection.
- Azure PolicyGuardrails for new and existing resources.
- Microsoft Entra PIMJust-in-time privileged access.
- Azure BackupProtected recovery points.
Scope and licensing considerations
We engineer primarily on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365. Other cloud platforms are scoped case by case, based on the work required.
Defender for Cloud includes free foundational posture features. Advanced posture management and workload protection plans are billed by Microsoft.
Engineering projects have an agreed scope, deliverables and change process before work begins.
Questions
Cloud & Security Engineering: common questions
Do you work with AWS or Google Cloud?
Our core engineering practice is Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365. Defender for Cloud can provide posture visibility across AWS and Google Cloud, and we will tell you plainly during scoping whether other work is a good fit.
Can you implement findings from another firm’s assessment?
Yes. We review the findings, confirm priorities with you and implement the fixes, providing evidence for any follow-up testing.
Do you perform penetration testing?
Penetration testing is not part of this service. We help you prepare for testing and remediate the findings.
Related services
Next step
Get a clear plan for your open security findings.
Tell us about your organization and priorities. We will recommend a practical scope and explain what it would include.