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conducting-cloud-penetration-testing
This skill outlines methodologies for performing authorized penetration testing against AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud environments. It covers understanding the shared responsibility model for testing scope, leveraging cloud-specific attack tools like Pacu and ScoutSuite, exploiting IAM misconfigurations, testing for SSRF to cloud metadata services, and reporting findings aligned to MITRE ATT&CK Cloud matrix.
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# Conducting Cloud Penetration Testing
## When to Use
- When performing authorized security assessments of cloud environments before production deployment
- When validating cloud security controls after a major architectural change or migration
- When compliance requirements mandate annual penetration testing of cloud infrastructure
- When testing incident response readiness by simulating realistic cloud-based attack scenarios
- When assessing lateral movement risk across multi-account or multi-cloud environments
**Do not use** for unauthorized testing against cloud accounts, for testing cloud provider infrastructure itself (covered by the shared responsibility model), or for DDoS simulation without explicit cloud provider approval.
## Prerequisites
