Hacking Your Own Cloud With Autonomous Pentesting and Red Teaming

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28 Mar Hacking Your Own Cloud With Autonomous Pentesting and Red Teaming

Posted at 08:29h in Blogs by Taylor Fox

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Sausalito, Calif. – Mar. 28, 2025

Cloud adoption is here to stay, and as its use continues to accelerate across enterprises, so does the need for robust security strategies that address the emergence of more complex and sophisticated threats in the cloud, according to BreachLock, a leading vendor in the Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) market.

Attackers continuously refine their tactics, leveraging automation, AI-driven attacks, and honing their adversary techniques to exploit vulnerabilities in cloud architectures. As a result, CISOs and IT security leaders have shifted from a reactive stance to a proactive one – anticipating threats before they materialize.

One of the most effective ways to achieve this proactive security posture is through Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV), a methodology that combines autonomous penetration testing and red teaming.

Red teaming, in particular, has emerged as a critical tool within AEV, simulating real-world adversary behaviors to uncover weaknesses before attackers do. In cloud security, where misconfigurations, API vulnerabilities, and identity-based attacks are prevalent, automated red teaming has become an indispensable component of a comprehensive offensive security strategy.

In a new blog post, BreachLock details a step-by-step method for implementing autonomous red teaming in cloud security, or to put it more simply – hacking your own cloud.

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