Cloud Security / Azure Security
Secure your Azure
environment — properly.
Microsoft Azure is a powerful platform. Securing it requires specialised knowledge that goes well beyond what generalist security consultants can provide. Cliffside's Azure security team brings deep expertise in the Microsoft security stack — Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Entra ID, and the architecture patterns that determine whether your Azure environment is secure or exposed.
What we cover
End-to-end Azure security services.
Assessment of your Azure environment architecture against Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework security pillar — identifying structural weaknesses and design debt.
Identity is the new perimeter in Azure. We assess and harden your Entra ID configuration — conditional access, MFA, privileged identity management, and guest access controls.
Configuration and tuning of Microsoft Defender for Cloud — ensuring your workload protections, security posture management, and alert configurations are actually working for your environment.
Sentinel deployment, data connector configuration, analytics rules, and incident response playbooks — building a SIEM that gives you meaningful signal, not just noise.
Identification and remediation of common Azure misconfigurations — overly permissive storage accounts, exposed management ports, missing encryption, and more.
Azure Policy, management groups, and governance controls to ensure your environment stays compliant with ISO 27001, APRA CPS 234, Essential Eight, and internal security standards.
Why it matters
The most exploited Azure vulnerabilities are all avoidable.
The vast majority of Azure security incidents trace back to the same root causes: over-permissioned identities, misconfigured storage, missing MFA, and workloads exposed to the internet without adequate controls. None of these are hard to fix — but you need to find them first.
Cliffside's Azure security review gives you a clear, prioritised view of where your environment is exposed — with specific, actionable guidance on what to fix and in what order.
"We engaged with Cliffside Cybersecurity to help us with security testing and assurance activities, and they've been amazing. Their team is very knowledgeable and experienced. They don't just follow a standard checklist; they really understand our business and how we work."
Head of Information Security — Australia's top 3 retail group
Know where your Azure
environment is exposed.
Book a free Azure security assessment conversation. We'll scope a review that gives you a clear picture of your security posture and a prioritised remediation plan.