Cloud & Infrastructure Fortification
Audit and harden your cloud and infrastructure so it is secure, scalable and aligned to strategy.
At a glance
Cloud & Infrastructure Fortification
Our Cloud Infrastructure Fortification (CIF) process is a comprehensive audit and hardening of your cloud-based and on-premises components to ensure they are secure, scalable and aligned with strategic objectives. We analyse architecture, benchmark performance, review identity and access management and data protection, and implement ransomware-resistant backups — across workloads that include AI services, blockchain nodes, wallet infrastructure and OT integrations.
Is this you?
- Rapid cloud adoption with inconsistent security controls
- Misconfigurations and excessive permissions
- Unclear shared-responsibility boundaries
- Backups that would not survive a ransomware attack
- Hybrid environments that are hard to see and govern
Scope & deliverables
Cloud security posture review (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
Identity & access management (IAM) and privileged access review
Network architecture and segmentation design
Data protection: encryption, key management and DLP
Immutable / ransomware-resistant backup design
Performance benchmarking and resilience improvements
How we deliver
Scope
Define servers, storage, networks, services and OT in scope.
Architecture analysis
Assess scalability, redundancy and compliance.
Benchmark
Evaluate performance and latency against best practice.
Gap & IAM
Review controls, identities and data protection.
Harden
Implement prioritised fixes and document the target state.
Aligned to the standards that matter
Tools & technology
Flexible ways to work with us
Design & build project
Architecture, implementation and handover with documented runbooks.
Co-delivery
Our engineers work alongside your team to transfer knowledge as we build.
Annual maintenance (AMC)
Ongoing upkeep, tuning and optimisation under an annual contract.
What success looks like
A hardened, documented cloud baseline
Least-privilege access and reduced blast radius
Backups that survive ransomware
Better performance and cost efficiency
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Microsoft 365 and email security for a business consultancy
Frequently asked questions
Which clouds do you support?
Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, plus on-premises and hybrid environments.
Can you implement fixes as well as identify them?
Yes — we can design, implement and hand over, or co-deliver with your team.
Often combined with
IT Infrastructure Hardening
Secure networking, cloud implementation, hosting, AMCs and structured cabling — delivered through Emartec.
ExploreInnovateZero Trust Architecture
Verify every user, device and request — and contain breaches by design.
ExploreAssessVulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
Expert-led testing of networks, web apps, APIs, cloud and emerging tech to find exploitable weaknesses first.
ExploreDiscuss Cloud & Infrastructure Fortification with an expert
Tell us about your environment and objectives — we will propose a scope, timeline and engagement model that fits.