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SQCloud Security Architecture & Design
Landing zones, network segmentation, identity federation, encryption strategy and Zero Trust principles embedded from the foundation.
Security Engineering
Cloud Security & Architecture
Move to the cloud with confidence. Stay secure, compliant and in control.
AWSAzureGCPKubernetesZero Trust
Why it matters
The business case for cloud security
Cloud adoption accelerates business — but misconfigurations, over-privileged identities and ungoverned workloads have made cloud the #1 breach vector. Security must be designed in from the start.
- Cloud migration without security architecture creates attack surface faster than it can be defended
- NIS2, DORA & ISO 27017 mandate cloud-specific controls for regulated workloads
- Zero Trust requires deliberate cloud security design to implement
256 days
to identify and contain breaches that span multiple environments — longer than any other kind
IBM Cost of a Data Breach 202648%
of breaches involved a third party, such as a supplier or hosted service
Verizon DBIR 202699%
of cloud security failures will be the customer's fault through 2027
GartnerWhat we do
How we help
From secure architecture design and migration through to continuous posture management, workload protection and Zero Trust implementation across AWS, Azure and GCP.
Cloud Security Posture Management
Continuous detection of misconfigurations, over-privileged access, exposed storage and compliance drift — aligned to CIS Cloud Benchmarks.
Workload, Container & Serverless Security
Kubernetes hardening, container image scanning, serverless security and IaC scanning (Terraform, CloudFormation) before deployment.
Cloud Identity & Zero Trust
Cloud IAM hardening, just-in-time privileged access, service account minimisation and ZTNA deployment.
Our approach
Our methodology · design, assess, harden, monitor
Weeks 1–3
Design
Landing zone, identity federation, segmentation and Zero Trust blueprint.
- Architecture review
- Landing zone / hub-spoke design
- Identity federation & SSO
- Encryption & key management
Weeks 4–6
Assess
CSPM baseline across all accounts against CIS and regulations.
- CSPM scan (AWS / Azure / GCP)
- CIS Benchmark gap analysis
- IAM entitlement review
- NIS2 / ISO 27017 gap report
Weeks 7–10
Harden
Remediation of critical findings, IaC gates and Kubernetes controls.
- IaC scanning & blocking gates
- Kubernetes CIS hardening
- Container registry security
- ZTNA deployment
Ongoing
Monitor
Continuous posture management, runtime protection and SOC integration.
- Continuous CSPM
- Runtime workload protection
- SIEM integration
- Drift alerting
Deliverables: Cloud security architecture · CSPM findings · IAM risk register · Hardening roadmap
Standards & frameworks
Mapped to what your regulators and customers demand
CIS Cloud BenchmarksAWS, Azure & GCP hardening baselinesAll cloud environments
CSA CCMCloud Controls Matrix — 197 cloud-specific objectivesCloud governance
ISO 27017Cloud information security controlsCloud providers & users
AWS Well-ArchitectedSecurity pillar — IAM, detection, protectionAWS workloads
NIS2 / DORAICT risk, incident notification & resilienceEU regulated entities
NIST SP 800-204Security for microservices-based applicationsCloud-native teams
Pain points we address
Sound familiar?
Migration without security architecture
By the time security is added, IAM is over-permissioned, buckets are public and segmentation doesn't exist.
Misconfigurations are your biggest risk
Defaults are insecure. Without CSPM, misconfigurations accumulate silently until exploited.
Chaotic, over-privileged cloud IAM
Admin service accounts, unrotated roles and production access from laptops.
Ungoverned containers & Kubernetes
No image scanning, insecure out-of-the-box clusters and no runtime protection.
No multi-cloud visibility
Workloads split across providers with no unified view of posture or compliance.
Why SquareVertex.AI
What you get with us
AWS-certified, CCSP-qualified team
Our CTO holds AWS Solutions Architect and CCSP credentials alongside SANS SEC540 and SEC549.
Security-first, not security-last
Secure by design and default from the landing zone up — not a compliance layer after migration.
Palo Alto CNAPP & CSPM tooling
CSPM, workload protection, container security and code-to-cloud traceability in a single platform.
Multi-cloud without bias
AWS-native, Microsoft-first or multi-cloud — the right framework for each provider.
Zero Trust as engineering
We implement identity federation, micro-segmentation and least privilege — not shelf-ware strategies.
Free first step
Start with a free Cloud Security Posture Review
We'll run a CSPM assessment across your primary cloud accounts, identify your top misconfigurations and IAM risks, and deliver a prioritised findings report — at no cost.
The Cloud Security & Architecture suite
- Cloud Security Architecture
- CSPM & Misconfiguration Review
- Cloud IAM & Zero Trust
- Container & Kubernetes Security
- Cloud Incident Response
Partner offer · SquareVertex × Oligo
Add runtime context with Oligo Security
Oligo shows which open-source libraries your applications actually load and execute, and detects attacks against them as they happen. We deploy it and fold its findings into your AppSec backlog and SOC.
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