Skip the cost of building an internal security team. Protagonist’s experts review your AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, fix hidden gaps, and get you compliant fast.
BOOK A CALL2 weeks
Total time to assess your cloud
10+
Misconfigurations found on average
3
Major cloud provider certified
100%
Compliance-ready configurations
Our team is a certified expert in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. We uncover and fix misconfigurations that expose your business, slow down compliance, and increase your cloud bill.
AWS
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
AWS Certified Solutions
Architect – Professional
We find and fix security gaps that AWS defaults don’t catch, like open storage or overly broad IAM roles, making your cloud secure and compliant.
Azure
AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate
SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
Our experts close gaps in networking and access controls and set up monitoring so your environment follows CIS Benchmarks and audit requirements.
Google Cloud
GCP Professional Cloud Security Enginee
GCP Professional Cloud Architect
Our team uncovers shadow projects, excessive access, and exposed data, then locks them down to protect your cloud and ensure compliance.
With Protagonist, you don’t just get a report full of issues. We show you where your cloud setup is vulnerable, fix the problems that matter most, and leave you with a cloud that’s both secure and compliance-ready.
Risk discovery
We assess your cloud against CIS Benchmarks and AWS Well-Architected Framework. We usually find 10+ severe misconfigurations and 2–3 critical ones per environment.
Risk report
You get a risk report, with risks ranked by business impact. From misconfigured cloud and broken access controls to shadow IT, you see what puts your business at risk.
Hands-on remediation
We close your cloud security gaps, from IAM misconfigurations to shadow IT. We can involve the right expertise and implement every control directly in your environment.
DevSecOps integration
We embed security into your CI/CD pipelines, IaC, or CSPM tools. Our senior DevSecOps expert can join short term to cover gaps without the cost of a full-time hire.
Compliance-ready posture
We map every fix to the framework you need, helping you achieve the needed compliance. We also set up monitoring and reviews, so your compliance remains as you scale.
What our clients are saying about us
Protagonist empowers teams to build with confidence, ensuring every product is secure, compliant, and ready to scale.
“The project was well-managed from start to finish. What stood out most was their ability to combine deep technical expertise with a pragmatic and business-oriented approach.”
“The issues they found were clearly relevant to our production environment and were explained in a way that made them easy to prioritize.”
“Their deep expertise in cybersecurity, particularly in the context of modern software architecture, was outstanding.”
“We were impressed by Protagonist’s deep expertise, hands-on experience, and strict delivery processes.”
“Protagonist has delivered a clear list of compliance-related improvements, which we have implemented. The team has provided valuable recommendations, giving us a better understanding of how to handle security and privacy topics in future software releases. They work independently.”
Our experts assess your environments for hidden risks, fix all critical misconfigurations, integrate security into your CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code, and provide ongoing monitoring and compliance.
Step 1
Duration: 2 weeks
Cloud risk assessment
We review your AWS, Azure, or GCP accounts against modern cloud security frameworks, including CIS Benchmarks. As a result, you receive a prioritized risk list with both business and technical impact.
Step 2
Delivery: 1-3 months
Remediation
We don’t stop at reports. Our engineers fix the biggest risks directly in your cloud, from IAM reconfiguration to network hardening and monitoring setup. If needed, we align every fix with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or other requirements so you’re audit-ready.
Step 3
Delivery: on demand
DevSecOps integration
We can integrate security into your CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, or Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools. No full-time hires required, our senior DevSecOps expert can join your team on a short-term basis to fill the gaps.
Step 4
Delivery: ongoing
Continuous protection
We set up monitoring and schedule regular reviews, so new misconfigurations and vulnerabilities don’t slip through. This way, your cloud stays hardened and compliance-ready long term.
Protagonist takes full ownership of your cloud security, so your team can focus on building products, not firefighting risks.
Proactive risk elimination
Our team uncovers unseen threats, ranks them by business impact, and implements fixes that prevent future incidents.
Seamless security integration
We embed security into your operations. Controls are automated, monitored, and tailored to your architecture.
Adaptive monitoring and response
We provide dynamic monitoring, anomaly detection, and alerting, so potential risks are caught early and remediated before they cause damage.
Empowered teams and resilient processes
We help your staff maintain security processes, or we provide ongoing support. This builds resilience so your cloud remains safe as you grow.
Compliance and audit readiness
We map fixes to relevant frameworks and deliver audit-ready documentation. Your cloud is always aligned with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA.
Business-ready cloud
Security becomes a growth enabler, protecting data, supporting enterprise deals, and keeping your company investor-ready.
Discover how our clients strengthened their cloud security, achieved compliance, and unlocked new markets.
We take you from “our cloud is at risk” to “we are secure, compliant, and
enterprise-ready.” Here’s how your cloud security posture evolves with
Protagonist.
Most teams either rely on dashboards or stretch internal DevOps to cover cloud security. But risks slip through, misconfigurations go unnoticed, and compliance gaps remain. Protagonist takes full ownership of your cloud posture so you can grow confidently.
What you need | Protagonist | Cloud security platforms | Internal DevOps team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete cloud visibility | Deep review of IAM, storage, networking, logging, APIs, and architecture-specific risks | Limited insights, often just surface-level metrics without your business context | Usually sees only their part of the environment, lacks full visibility and expertise in cloud security |
| Hands-on remediation | We fix misconfigurations, enforce policies, and deploy monitoring | Show dashboards and alerts, but you have to fix all issues | Can implement some fixes, but often misses the root causes |
| Compliance alignment | We map fixes to regulations & deliver audit-ready documentation | Basic compliance templates, limited to framework checks. Often requires customization. | Limited expertise to align configurations to frameworks |
| Ongoing cloud protection | Continuous monitoring, anomaly detection, and automated alerts to catch threats early | Only periodic, generic scanning and reporting, but response depends on the internal team. | Fixes are reactive rather than proactive, may miss evolving threats |
| Work with us |
Our cloud services are divided into 3 phases, so you pay only for what you need. With us, growing SMBs get enterprise-grade security at a fraction of the cost of building an in-house team or hiring a full-time CISO.
Assessment
$3K
2 weeks
Deliverables:
Remediation
$4k/month
1-4 months
Deliverables:
Continuous protection
$2k/month
Monthly or quarterly
Deliverables:
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We assess your cloud environments, focusing on IAM, storage, networking, logging, APIs, and cloud-native security configurations. Our experts uncover misconfigurations, shadow IT, and over-permissioned access.
It depends on your needs:
We act as your hands-on cloud security team. Your DevOps can continue focusing on development while we manage security and compliance.
We map your current security practices to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or other frameworks, help you fill in the gaps, and provide audit-ready documentation, without you needing to manage it.
We set up continuous monitoring, schedule regular posture reviews, and provide gap alerts, keeping your cloud secure and compliance-ready over time.
Yes. Our team can respond to incidents, investigate anomalies, and implement emergency fixes.
Assessment starts at $3K. Remediation or ongoing monitoring depends on your cloud environment and scope. If you hire us as your cloud security team after the assessment, a voucher can be applied toward future services. Book a call with us for a precise estimate.
We assess your cloud environments, focusing on IAM, storage, networking, logging, APIs, and cloud-native security configurations. Our experts uncover misconfigurations, shadow IT, and over-permissioned access.
