Our journey begins with a thorough analysis of your cloud infrastructure, where certified cloud security experts meticulously identify vulnerabilities and assess potential risks.
Leveraging cutting-edge methodologies, we tailor our strategies to align with industry best practices, ensuring a robust defense against emerging threats.
Our team of expert cloud security consultants brings unparalleled proficiency to the forefront, utilizing their industry knowledge to simulate real-world cyber threats and evaluate the resilience of your cloud applications.
This hands-on approach allows us to pinpoint vulnerabilities, offering valuable insights into potential weaknesses that could be exploited by malicious actors.
Our cloud VAPT process encompasses a collaborative partnership with your team, fostering knowledge transfer and empowering your organization to maintain a vigilant security posture.
Throughout this engagement, our certified cloud security experts not only identify vulnerabilities but also provide strategic recommendations for remediation.
Valency Networks has established a proven track record of delivering exceptional network security services to clients across various industries. Our team of seasoned cybersecurity professionals brings extensive experience and expertise to every engagement, ensuring the highest quality of service and results that exceed client expectations.
Cloud environments introduce new layers of complexity — from shared responsibility models to dynamic scaling and API-driven architectures. Our Cloud VAPT methodology is mapped to the OWASP Top 10 Cloud Security Risks, ensuring complete coverage of modern cloud threats.
We rigorously test encryption (in transit and at rest), data segregation, and access control mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access and exposure of sensitive data stored in cloud systems.
We analyze exposed APIs for weak authentication, improper input validation, and inadequate rate-limiting. Our testing ensures APIs follow least-privilege principles and use secure tokens and headers.
We assess and strengthen your cloud provider’s data protection mechanisms, backup policies, and DLP configurations to prevent accidental or malicious data loss or leakage.
We review and validate logging configurations, audit trails, and SIEM integrations to ensure that suspicious activities, privilege escalations, and access anomalies are detected in real time.
We test authentication mechanisms, MFA enforcement, and credential management to prevent attackers from taking over privileged or service accounts.
We evaluate IAM policies, roles, and trust relationships to verify least-privilege access, identify privilege escalation paths, and eliminate excessive permissions.
We detect misconfigurations across cloud services — such as open storage buckets, public IP exposure, and default credentials — and provide remediation steps aligned with CSP best practices.
Our testing identifies and rectifies injection and session-based vulnerabilities in your cloud-hosted web applications, ensuring data and user session security.
We address risks unique to serverless environments — such as event injection, privilege escalation, and insecure dependencies — ensuring your functions execute safely and securely.
We review dependencies, open-source components, and third-party integrations for known vulnerabilities and tampering risks, ensuring integrity across the software supply chain.
A secure, compliant, and resilient cloud environment — validated against the most critical OWASP cloud security risks and backed by actionable remediation insights.
As a leading cloud security company, we have witnessed numerous security incidents across SaaS and cloud applications. We’ve also compiled key industry statistics to highlight current trends, challenges, and opportunities in cloud security testing.
Effective cloud application pentesting requires precision, expertise, and collaboration. At Valency Networks, we go beyond testing — partnering with you to fortify your cloud infrastructure against evolving threats.
Our commitment is reflected in:
Multi-Cloud Strategy: A 2021 Flexera survey reported that 92% of enterprises now leverage a multi-cloud strategy.
Data Center Shutdowns: Gartner predicts that by 2025, 80% of enterprises will have shut down traditional data centers, compared to 10% today.
Visibility Issues: The Ponemon Institute (2021) found that 64% of organizations struggle with visibility into cloud infrastructure, increasing security risks.
DevOps Security Integration: Puppet & CircleCI’s State of DevOps report (2021) noted that 38% of respondents faced challenges integrating security into DevOps practices.
Shift-Left Security: 33% of high-performing DevOps teams integrate security tools early in development (Puppet & CircleCI, 2021).
CSPM Usage: 74% of organizations use Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools to monitor and manage cloud security (SANS, 2021).
Detection & Containment Delays: IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report (2020) found the average time to identify and contain a breach is 280 days.
Misconfiguration Risks: CSA reported in 2020 that 27% of data breaches resulted from misconfigured cloud storage.
Cloud Compliance Challenges: Netwrix (2021) found 54% of organizations struggled with compliance, particularly around data residency and sovereignty.
Provider Security Confidence: Oracle & KPMG (2020) reported that 89% of organizations were not confident in their ability to assess cloud provider security.
Training Gaps: (ISC)² (2020) found only 47% of respondents believed their organization provides adequate cloud security training.
Expertise Shortage: Cybersecurity Insiders (2020) reported 52% of organizations cited lack of training and expertise as a barrier to cloud adoption.
Valency Networks helps businesses secure their cloud applications through expert Cloud VAPT. By identifying vulnerabilities and strengthening security controls, we protect sensitive data and ensure compliance. The following case studies showcase how startups across E-Commerce, HealthTech, FinTech, and EdTech have fortified their cloud environments with our services.
A leading Indian e-commerce startup suffered a critical data breach affecting payment gateways. Customer trust and financial transactions were at risk due to unauthorized access to sensitive data.
Solution:
Outcome: Ensured a robust and secure payment infrastructure, safeguarding customer data and restoring trust
A U.S.-based healthcare startup faced risks to patient data from cloud vulnerabilities. Exposure of medical records raised serious compliance and privacy concerns, particularly with HIPAA regulations.
Solution:
Outcome: Protected sensitive patient data while ensuring regulatory compliance and maintaining operational integrity.
A fintech startup experienced vulnerabilities in financial transaction processes, exposing users to fraud, unauthorized access, and potential financial loss.
Solution:
Outcome: Fortified the fintech platform, ensuring secure, reliable, and trustworthy financial transactions.
An Australian edtech startup detected unauthorized access to student records. Risks included data privacy violations, reputational damage, and regulatory non-compliance.
Solution:
Outcome: Ensured student data privacy, strengthened cloud security, and maintained compliance with data protection regulations.
By combining ethical hacking expertise, cloud-native knowledge, and proactive remediation, we ensure that startups and enterprises can operate securely, maintain compliance, and build trust with their customers.
Conducting a Cloud Application VAPT is essential for identifying vulnerabilities, but lasting security comes from combining assessment with ongoing cloud-specific practices. These best practices help reduce risk exposure, enhance defense-in-depth, and make your cloud applications more resilient against real-world threats.
At Valency Networks, our Cloud Application and Configuration VAPT services go beyond identifying vulnerabilities. We ensure actionable insights and guidance for your teams to strengthen security and maintain compliance.
We doesn’t just perform tests—we collaborate, secure, and empower your cloud applications. By following ethical hacking principles, leveraging meticulous methodologies, and adhering to best practices, we help businesses navigate evolving threats with confidence and precision.
We provide an in-depth technical report that serves as a roadmap for IT and security teams. It highlights identified vulnerabilities, their potential impact, and clear remediation steps.
For non-technical stakeholders, we deliver a high-level summary of key findings, risks, and recommended actions. This ensures decision-makers understand critical security issues and prioritize response effectively.
Our team offers actionable recommendations for addressing vulnerabilities, including prioritization and suggested timelines for implementation, helping organizations act swiftly and efficiently.
For added credibility, we provide an optional certificate of testing completion, formally recognizing the thoroughness and success of the VAPT engagement.
Founder & CEO, Valency Networks
Prashant Phatak is an accomplished leader in the field of IT and Cyber Security. He is Founder and C-level executive of his own firm Valency Networks. Prashant specializes in Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) of Web, Networks, Mobile Apps, Cloud apps, IoT and OT networks. He is also a certified lead auditor for ISO27001 and ISO22301 compliance.As an proven problem solver, Prashant's expertise is in the field of end to end IT and Cyber security consultancy to various industry sectors.
