Expert cloud security assessment and posture management
Misconfigured storage, over-permissioned identities and silent logging gaps leave most cloud environments exposed in ways you can't see. Baidam delivers cloud security services across AWS, Azure and GCP, from assessment and hardening to posture management, by Australian practitioners.
Cloud security services: Assessments and hardening, not managed operations
Cloud environments change fast. It can take just weeks for security controls that were configured correctly at deployment to drift. Configuration drift can go undetected until a weakness is identified by your team, or by someone else.
Baidam’s cloud security services offer expert-led assessments and hardening engagements, not ongoing managed cloud operations. The distinction matters when it comes to protecting your cloud environment.
A cloud security assessment examines the configuration, access controls, network architecture, logging posture, and data handling of your cloud environment against security best practices and applicable compliance frameworks. It identifies what’s exposed, misconfigured, and what needs to change. Your team gets documented evidence to support remediation and assurance.
Baidam’s structured cloud security service is designed to uncover:
Misconfigured cloud resources
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Storage buckets, databases, and compute instances exposed or accessible without appropriate controls - often without anyone knowing they exist in that state.
Over-permissioned IAM
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Identities, service accounts, and roles with broader access than their function requires, creating significant lateral movement risk if compromised.
Insecure workloads
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Unpatched virtual machines, container images with known vulnerabilities, and runtime environments without the right hardening controls.
Logging and monitoring gap
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Insufficient audit trails, disabled cloud-native logging services, and alerting configurations that would fail to detect a compromise.
Baidam’s cloud security services align with compliance frameworks such as:
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ISM Essential Eight for cloud-specific control requirements
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IRAP assessment scope for cloud-hosted systems and
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ISO 27001 Annex A for cloud-specific operational and network controls.
We address all of these in a single, structured work programme, so you don’t have to coordinate multiple vendor relationships.
End-to-end cloud security capabilities for government and enterprise
Baidam offers a complete cloud security service to Australian enterprises and government agencies.
Our capabilities include:
Cloud Security Assessment:
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We carry out a structured review of your cloud architecture, configuration, IAM policies, network controls, logging posture, and data handling - assessed against security best practices and your applicable compliance frameworks. Receive a documented findings report that covers risk ratings, compliance mapping and prioritised remediation guidance to help your team tackle the most important issues first.
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
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We complete a continuous or point-in-time assessment of misconfiguration risk across single or multi-cloud environments. CSPM identifies drift from secure baselines and surfaces compliance gaps across your cloud estate, giving your team a more current view of exposure as your environment evolves.
Cloud IAM Review
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We carry out a detailed assessment of identity and access policies across your cloud environment - role assignments, service account permissions, privilege escalation paths, and the effectiveness of least-privilege implementation. Understanding your actual access posture is the starting point for reducing unnecessary exposure.
Cloud Infrastructure Penetration Testing:
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We manually test cloud attack surfaces to include misconfigured IAM, storage access, compute instances, and cloud-native service boundaries under controlled conditions to demonstrate real-world risk. Assessment tells you what the weaknesses are, and cloud penetration testing shows you what an attacker could do with them. Baidam’s full scope and methodology details are available on our penetration testing page.
Each capability can be delivered as a standalone engagement or as part of a broader cloud security programme, scoped to what your organisation actually needs.
Scope
We work with your team to define and scope your cloud environments, platforms, and accounts, establish the applicable compliance frameworks, and agree on objectives and rules of engagement. Getting scope right from the start means your assessment targets actual risk priorities, not a generic checklist applied without context.
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Assess
We review in-scope configurations, IAM policies, network controls, logging settings and data exposure using automated tooling and manual analysis. Automated tools surface the breadth, and manual review provides the depth, especially in high-risk areas where tool output alone is insufficient.
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Analyse
We identify misconfiguration risk, privilege escalation paths, and compliance gaps and assess them for business impact for your specific environment. We prioritise findings that pose real-world risk, not just technical severity scores. Your team gets a list they can work from, not a spreadsheet that requires further interpretation.
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Report
We deliver a structured findings report that includes risk ratings and prioritised remediation guidance for your security and operations teams. Critical findings are released within one hour of validation.
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Remediate Review
If requested, we can conduct a targeted retest of critical findings after remediation to confirm resolved issues. Retesting results are added to the final report, so your documented compliance evidence reflects what was fixed, not just what was found.
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Cloud security assessment methodology: From scoping to remediation
Generic checklists produce generic findings. That’s why Baidam’s cloud infrastructure security is scoped to your environment, validated manually, and reported in a format your team can act on.
Our cloud security methodology for complex environments includes:
We document every step and validate every finding, so your team receives a report with clear actions, not raw data that needs to be interpreted manually.
Baidam’s cloud security assessments are designed to serve your compliance program, not just your security team, with documented evidence structured for audit purposes.
ISO 27001
Annex A includes cloud-specific controls across operations security, network security, and compliance. Our assessments produce the documented evidence required to satisfy these controls during certification and surveillance audits.
NIST CSF
Cloud security assessment findings inform the Identify and Protect functions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. It gives your organisation a structured view of your cloud risk posture against an internationally recognised reference that board and risk committees can use.
ISM (Information Security Manual)
ASD's ISM includes specific event logging and monitoring controls for Australian government systems. Baidam's SIEM operations model maps directly to these requirements: log sources are onboarded to ISM-required coverage standards, detection logic addresses ISM-specified event categories, and operational records provide the documented evidence that ISM compliance reviews need.
Essential Eight
Cloud-hosted systems must meet patching, access control, and application control requirements at the applicable maturity level. Our assessments identify where your cloud environment falls short and what’s required to close the gap, so your maturity claims are defensible.
IRAP
We structure your cloud security engagement with IRAP readiness in mind so findings map to the ISM controls assessors will examine and documented evidence is available when requested.
Cloud security aligned with compliance frameworks for regulated environments
Cloud environments sit directly within your compliance obligations.
Government and enterprise environments are accountable to frameworks with specific cloud control requirements. The cost of not meeting this compliance can be high.
Baidam’s cloud security services align with:
Why choose Baidam for government and enterprise cloud security
Founded in 2018, Baidam is a multi-award-winning, 100% Australian-owned cybersecurity firm and operates Australia's first Indigenous-led Security Operations Centre. We bring specialist offensive and advisory security capability to every cloud engagement.
What we offer:
Vendor-agnostic:
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We assess AWS, Azure, and GCP without platform bias or reseller incentives. Findings reflect your actual risk, not the preferences of a platform partner.
Sovereign Australian delivery:
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All assessments are conducted by Australian-based practitioners. Findings, reports, and engagement artefacts stay onshore. We’re a good fit for government agencies and regulated enterprises handling sensitive data.
IRAP-experienced:
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Our cloud security assessments are structured with IRAP readiness in mind. We understand what assessors look for and how to produce evidence that stands up to scrutiny for government agencies with cloud-hosted systems in the IRAP scope.
Government-credentialed:
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Baidam holds the TMRICTSOA25180 whole-of-government ICT sourcing panel appointment and is represented across state and federal procurement frameworks, including the Federal DTA Cloud Marketplace. Engaging us for your cloud security fits within your existing procurement structures.
Integrated programme:
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Assessment findings connect directly to the Essential Eight uplift, cloud penetration testing, and managed security services. Your cloud security work becomes part of an integrated security programme, not a one-off exercise that’s siloed.
Social purpose:
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As a profit-for-purpose business, we reinvest our profits into STEM education, industry certifications, and career pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. When you engage Baidam for your cloud security services, your investment contributes directly to that outcome.
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Baidam’s independently verified credentials suit regulated cloud environments. We’re IRAP-assessed, ISO 27001-certified, and an ASD Partner with both the credentials and capabilities that government and enterprise look for in their cloud security provider.
For government and regulated environments needing quality assurance, we bring both the credentials and the capabilities you need to see in your penetration testing provider.
Talk to a cloud security specialist
If your organisation needs to assess, harden, or validate its cloud security posture, for IRAP preparation, Essential Eight compliance, or general assurance, talk to our team. We provide sovereign delivery, vendor-agnostic assessment and IRAP-relevant findings.
We'll work with you to scope an engagement that fits your platforms, compliance context, and programme.
Cloud Security FAQs
Here are some commonly asked questions and answers about managed SIEM operations and how they connect with detection engineering and compliance.
Baidam conducts cloud security assessments across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Our assessments are vendor-agnostic, which means the methodology, framework alignment, and reporting structure are consistent regardless of platform.
We can scope assessments to cover all platforms within a single engagement for organisations operating across multiple cloud environments.
A cloud security assessment is a configuration and infrastructure review.
It examines how your cloud environment is set up, identifies misconfigurations and compliance gaps, and produces a structured findings report.
Cloud penetration testing involves controlled exploitation of identified weaknesses to demonstrate real-world attack paths and business impact.
The two services are complementary: assessment identifies configuration and compliance gaps, while penetration testing demonstrates what an attacker could do with them.
IRAP assessment scope includes cloud environments used to process, store, or transmit government data. A structured cloud security assessment identifies the configuration, access control, and logging gaps that IRAP assessors will examine, and produces the documented evidence needed to demonstrate compliance.
Baidam's cloud security engagements are structured with IRAP readiness in mind, with findings mapped to the ISM controls relevant to your cloud environment, so documented evidence is available to support the assessment.
Baidam's cloud security assessment deliverables include an executive summary, technical findings with risk ratings, compliance mapping to applicable frameworks (ISM, Essential Eight, ISO 27001, NIST CSF), and prioritised remediation guidance for your team.
Critical findings are notified within one hour of validation. Optional retesting is available post-remediation, with results appended to the final report.
Timeframes depend on the scope and complexity of your cloud environment - the number of accounts, platforms, services, and compliance frameworks in scope. Baidam provides a realistic scoping timeline during pre-engagement based on your specific environment, so expectations are met.