The cost of cloud security testing is usually upwards of $5000 per year. It depends largely on the scope of the test.

The providers and users of cloud infrastructure share the responsibility of securing their operations, operating systems, and data. The AWS security service has to abide by ground rules and policies set by AWS while running tests. The attack surfaces differ quite a bit in both. So, different techniques have to be applied.

Astra's publicly verifiable safe-to-host certificate AKA the pentest certificate is awarded to an organization with the fulfillment of two conditions:

1. The client organization fixes all high-risk vulnerabilities found during the security tests
2. The same is verified by security experts

It usually takes 7-10 days to complete a penetration test of an AWS setup. The rescan after the remediation of vulnerabilities may take half as much time.

1. The scope of collaboration with security experts for remediating issues.
2. The detailed reports with video PoCs and step-by-step guidelines
3. In-depth manual penetration testing optimized for each cloud infrastructure provider

The cloud user and cloud provider share the responsibility of security. Usually, the cloud provider is responsible for securing the infrastructure, and the operating systems, and the physical data centers. The cloud user, depending on the type of usage, is responsible for data encryption, configuration, and access controls.

An AWS security service like Astra Security understands the exact dynamics of this relationship and helps you create and implement the perfect cloud security strategy.