Cloud & Internal Network Penetration Testing

Expert-led penetration testing that simulates real-world attacks on your internal networks and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

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Why Penetration Test a Protected Internal Network?

Your Perimeter Isn’t Your Only Line of Defense

Insider Threats

Malicious insiders and compromised credentials pose significant risks that external testing can’t detect

Post-Breach Reality

85% of breaches involve lateral movement after initial compromise

Cloud Complexity

Misconfigurations in cloud environments create attack vectors unique to AWS, Azure, and GCP that traditional testing misses

Protect Your Internal Networks and Private Cloud

Protect your cloud and internal networks from evolving cyber threats with our expert cloud penetration testing services. Our skilled team identifies vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and weaknesses in your cloud environment, ensuring robust security across AWS, Azure, GCP, and even Salesforce applications. Stay ahead of attackers and maintain compliance with tailored testing designed for your unique cloud setup.

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Ready

Using a cloud version of Transporter, Raxis offers internal cloud penetration testing for Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) hosted systems on any of the major platforms.

Targeting Internal Network Data

Raxis discovers vulnerabilities and attempts to exploit cloud systems in order to access sensitive data and systems, simulating insider threats and assessing the effectiveness of access controls.

Escalate Privileges

The Raxis storyboard shows in detail how our cloud penetration testers gain a foothold and pivot, escalating privileges and access along the way — the same process a disgruntled employee or even a vendor might use.

Application Penetration Testing

Raxis conducts thorough application penetration testing to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in web, mobile, and Salesforce applications, ensuring robust security for your critical business systems.

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Our Internal Network & Cloud Pentest Process

Modern cyber threats demand more than AI tools. Guided by seasoned experts who deploy AI augmented pentesting only when it improves outcomes, Raxis pentesters stage lifelike attacks across your cloud networks to uncover weaknesses and help you fortify your defenses. Our Cloud Pentest Process is based on the same steps as all of our Penetration Test Services.

We start our Cloud Penetration Test with a collaborative chat to understand your cloud world, outlining key assets like VPCs and networks for a customized test that hits the mark.

Acting as cyber sleuths, we survey your cloud terrain to pinpoint open doors, leveraging AI for quicker, smarter detection of potential pitfalls.

Time to get hands on! Our professional penetration testers simulate real world attacks, probing for misconfigurations, insecure APIs, and internal cloud risks to reveal what could go wrong. We’ll leverage AI tools like PentestAI, Burp AI, and others when it makes sense to do so.

With ethical hacking flair, we safely exploit vulnerabilities to show real impact. Imagine controlled chaos that reveals threats without causing any harm. This step is what sets a Cloud Penetration Test apart, meeting compliance standards and highlighting exactly what many others leave out.

We wrap up with a crystal clear report packed with actionable fixes, prioritized risks, and compliance tips, plus a debrief to ensure you have what you need to remediate.

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Internal Network Penetration Testing Services

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What We Test

  • Internal network segmentation
  • Active Directory security
  • Privilege escalation paths
  • Lateral movement opportunities
  • Workstations, servers, and domain controllers
  • Network devices and configurations
  • Wireless network security
  • Database security and access controls

Key Benefits

  • Identify insider threat vulnerabilities
  • Validate network segmentation controls
  • Test post-breach scenarios
  • Meet compliance requirements (PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2)
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Cloud Penetration Testing Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IAM roles, S3 bucket security, EC2 instances, Lambda functions, VPC configurations

Microsoft Azure

Azure AD, Blob storage, Virtual Networks, Function Apps, Key Vault

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Cloud IAM, Storage buckets, Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, GKE security

Salesforce Applications

Protect your data with expert Salesforce penetration testing services that identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, ensuring your Salesforce environment is secure and compliant.

Hybrid Cloud Solutions

Enhance agility and security with hybrid cloud solutions that seamlessly integrate public and private cloud environments, enabling flexible scaling, cost efficiency, and robust protection for sensitive data and workloads.

Other Cloud Platforms

Whether your infrastructure runs on DigitalOcean, Linode, IBM Cloud, or other specialized environments, our penetration testing ensures consistent security validation regardless of your platform choice.

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Raxis Hack Stories

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Our stories are based on real events encountered by Raxis engineers; however, some details have been altered or omitted to protect our customers’ identities.

The Bank Heist

Imagine this: A bustling bank, its employees confident in their security protocols, unaware of the quiet storm brewing. Enter the Raxis Strike Team, armed with permission and a mission to test the unthinkable. After tailgating into a bank property, internal network penetration testers infiltrated a bank employee’s workstation, skillfully uncovering previously used credentials. With surgical precision, they tested these credentials across systems, eventually gaining access to the domain and cracking user password hashes. The result? A treasure trove of credentials that worked seamlessly across employee workstations and the banking system itself.

But we didn’t stop there. In a controlled proof of concept, our team logged in as a teller to initiate a funds transfer and then switched roles to a manager to approve it — all while the bank’s team watched in awe. This wasn’t just a test; it was a masterclass in uncovering vulnerabilities that others might miss. By demonstrating how real-world attackers could exploit overlooked weaknesses, Raxis showcased why our penetration testing is not just thorough but transformative — empowering organizations to fortify their defenses before threats become reality.

Frequently Asked Questions for Cloud and Internal Network Penetration Testing

Raxis offers a comprehensive range of penetration testing services, including both cloud and internal penetration testing, to help organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities across their entire attack surface.

Internal Penetration Testing simulates attacks from within your network, uncovering vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious insiders or external attackers who have already breached your perimeter defenses. This assessment evaluates your internal security controls, network segmentation, privilege escalation paths, and lateral movement opportunities that threat actors could leverage once inside your environment.

Cloud Penetration Testing focuses on identifying security weaknesses in your cloud infrastructure, including misconfigurations, insecure APIs, inadequate access controls, and vulnerabilities specific to cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. As organizations increasingly migrate critical workloads to the cloud, this specialized testing ensures your cloud environments are properly secured against emerging threats and comply with industry best practices.

Together, these services provide a holistic view of your security posture, helping you defend against both insider threats and sophisticated attackers targeting your cloud and on-premises infrastructure.

Yes! PCI segmentation testing can be incorporated into your Internal Network Penetration Test. In fact, combining these services is highly efficient and provides comprehensive insights into your network security.

PCI segmentation testing (also called network segmentation validation or scope reduction testing) verifies that your Cardholder Data Environment (CDE) is properly isolated from the rest of your network. During this assessment, our team attempts to access in-scope PCI systems from out-of-scope network segments to ensure your segmentation controls are effectively preventing unauthorized access.

Yes, absolutely. External and Internal Penetration Tests serve distinctly different purposes and are both critical components of a comprehensive security program.

External Penetration Testing focuses on your perimeter defenses—the security controls protecting your network from outside attackers. It evaluates public-facing assets like web applications, email servers, VPNs, and firewalls to identify vulnerabilities an attacker could exploit from the internet.

Internal Penetration Testing addresses an entirely different threat landscape:

  • Post-breach scenarios – What happens if an attacker bypasses your perimeter defenses through phishing, compromised credentials, or other means? Internal testing reveals how far they could move laterally and what sensitive data they could access.
  • Insider threats – Malicious or negligent employees, contractors, or vendors with network access pose significant risks that external testing cannot detect.
  • Defense-in-depth validation – Even with strong perimeter security, internal controls like network segmentation, privilege management, and monitoring are essential. Internal testing verifies these safeguards are working effectively.

Compliance considerations: Many regulatory frameworks (PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.) require both external and internal penetration testing as part of their security requirements.

Think of it this way: external testing checks if your doors and windows are locked, while internal testing reveals what an intruder could do once they’re inside. Both perspectives are essential for truly understanding and securing your environment.

Following your Cloud Penetration Test, you’ll receive a comprehensive, professionally written report designed for both technical and executive audiences. Our reports provide actionable insights to help you remediate vulnerabilities and improve your cloud security posture.

Your report includes:

Executive Summary – A high-level overview of findings, risk exposure, and business impact, written for C-suite and board-level stakeholders who need to understand security risks without deep technical details.

Detailed Technical Findings – In-depth documentation of every vulnerability discovered, including:

  • Clear descriptions of each security issue
  • Risk ratings (Critical, High, Medium, Low) based on industry-standard scoring
  • Specific affected cloud resources and services
  • Step-by-step exploitation details showing how vulnerabilities could be leveraged
  • Evidence such as screenshots, command outputs, and configuration examples

Remediation Recommendations – Prioritized, actionable guidance for fixing each vulnerability, including:

  • Specific configuration changes
  • Best practice implementations
  • Cloud-specific security controls (IAM policies, security groups, encryption settings, etc.)
  • References to vendor documentation and security benchmarks

Testing Methodology & Scope – Documentation of our approach, tools used, and systems tested to provide full transparency and context.

Retest Option – After you’ve implemented fixes, Raxis offers retest services to validate that vulnerabilities have been properly remediated.

All reports are delivered securely and typically include a debrief session where our team walks you through the findings and answers any questions.

The duration varies based on the size and complexity of your environment. A typical Internal Penetration Test takes 1-2 weeks, while Cloud Penetration Tests range from 1-3 weeks depending on the number of cloud accounts, services in use, and scope. We’ll provide a detailed timeline during the scoping process to ensure the engagement fits your business needs.

Raxis takes great care to minimize disruption during testing. While our assessments simulate real-world attacks, we work closely with your team to establish rules of engagement, testing windows, and emergency contact procedures. Most tests can be conducted with minimal to no impact on operations. We can also schedule testing during off-peak hours or maintenance windows if preferred.

A vulnerability scan is an automated process that identifies known vulnerabilities in your systems. A penetration test goes much further—our security experts manually exploit vulnerabilities, chain multiple weaknesses together, and demonstrate real-world attack scenarios. Penetration testing provides context, validates actual risk, and uncovers complex security issues that automated scans miss entirely.

Absolutely. Many organizations operate in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments using AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or a combination. Raxis can assess your entire cloud footprint in a single comprehensive engagement, identifying vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across all platforms as well as security gaps that arise from multi-cloud complexity.

If we identify a critical or actively exploitable vulnerability during testing, we’ll immediately notify your designated point of contact according to our pre-established escalation procedures. We provide emergency remediation guidance and can pause testing if needed to allow you to address critical issues before continuing the assessment.

Internal Penetration Testing typically includes assessment of workstations, servers, domain controllers, internal web applications, databases, network devices, wireless networks, and network segmentation controls. We test for privilege escalation, lateral movement, credential theft, sensitive data exposure, and misconfigurations. The exact scope is customized during our planning process to align with your specific environment and security concerns.

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