Cloud computing has fundamentally transformed how businesses operate, offering unprecedented scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency. However, the migration to cloud infrastructure has also created new security challenges that many organizations are unprepared to address. According to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report, cloud-based data breaches account for a growing share of all incidents, with misconfiguration being the most common root cause. The shared responsibility model that governs all major cloud platforms means that while providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud secure the underlying infrastructure, you are responsible for securing your data, applications, identities, and configurations.

Petronella Technology Group provides comprehensive hosting and cloud security services that help Research Triangle businesses use cloud computing without compromising security. Whether you are operating on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or private cloud infrastructure, our team delivers the expertise needed to keep your cloud environment secure, compliant, and resilient.

Our Cloud Security Services

Cloud Security Assessments

Our cloud security assessments evaluate your entire cloud environment against industry benchmarks and best practices. We review identity and access management, network security, data protection, logging and monitoring, compute security, and compliance controls. Every assessment produces a detailed report with prioritized remediation recommendations tailored to your specific platform and business requirements.

Cloud Architecture and Hardening

Secure cloud architecture starts with proper design. We help you build cloud environments that are secure by design, following platform-specific best practices and well-architected frameworks. Our architecture services cover network segmentation, identity management, encryption strategies, monitoring, and disaster recovery across all major cloud platforms.

Managed Cloud Security

Our managed cloud security services provide continuous monitoring and management of your cloud environment. We deploy and manage cloud-native security tools alongside our 39-layer ZeroHack Cyber Safety Stack and AI agent Eve to provide unified visibility across your cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Our team monitors security events 24/7, responds to threats, and continuously optimizes your security configuration.

Cloud Compliance

We help organizations achieve and maintain compliance in their cloud environments for frameworks including HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, NIST 800-171, CMMC, and SOX. Our compliance services include control mapping, gap assessment, remediation implementation, documentation, and audit preparation. We ensure your cloud deployment meets regulatory requirements without sacrificing the agility and efficiency that drew you to the cloud in the first place.

Cloud Migration Security

Moving workloads to the cloud is a critical transition that must be executed with security as a primary consideration. We provide security guidance throughout the migration process, ensuring controls are in place before data moves, identities are properly managed, and the new environment is hardened before it goes live.

Platforms We Secure

• Amazon Web Services (AWS): The world's most widely adopted cloud platform, offering the broadest and deepest set of services.
• Microsoft Azure: The natural choice for organizations invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, with deep integration with Active Directory and Microsoft 365.
• Google Cloud Platform: A powerful platform with particular strength in data analytics, machine learning, and container orchestration.
• Private Cloud and Web Hosting: Dedicated infrastructure for organizations with specific security, compliance, or performance requirements.

Common Cloud Security Challenges

• Misconfiguration: The most common cause of cloud data breaches. Overly permissive access policies, publicly exposed storage, and insecure default configurations create openings that attackers exploit.
• Identity and access management: Managing who has access to what across cloud environments is complex, especially in multi-cloud and hybrid deployments. Excessive permissions and stale credentials create significant risk.
• Data protection: Ensuring data is encrypted at rest and in transit, properly classified, and protected against unauthorized access requires deliberate planning and implementation.
• Visibility gaps: Cloud environments can create blind spots in security monitoring if logging and monitoring are not properly configured. Without visibility, threats go undetected.
• Compliance complexity: Meeting compliance requirements in the cloud requires understanding both the framework requirements and how they map to specific cloud services and configurations.
• Shadow IT: Employees provisioning cloud resources without IT oversight creates unmanaged, unmonitored infrastructure that can expose the organization to risk.

The PTG Cloud Security Approach

Our approach to cloud security is built on the principle of defense in depth, applied specifically to cloud environments. We combine cloud-native security tools with our proven security stack to provide comprehensive protection:

Design: We build security into your cloud architecture from the ground up, following well-architected frameworks and platform-specific best practices.

Protect: We implement layered security controls including identity management, network security, encryption, and endpoint protection across your cloud environment.

Detect: We deploy comprehensive logging and monitoring using cloud-native tools integrated with our AI agent Eve for 24/7 threat detection.

Respond: When threats are detected, our team responds immediately to contain and remediate incidents, minimizing impact to your business.

Optimize: We continuously review and optimize your cloud security posture, adapting to new threats, new services, and changing business requirements.