Your cloud provider secures defined parts of the underlying service, but your organisation remains responsible for how cloud services are selected, configured, accessed and used. The exact division of responsibility depends on the platform and whether you use IaaS, PaaS or SaaS.
Ultralink helps UK healthcare, pharmaceutical and MedTech organisations identify and reduce these risks across public cloud, private cloud, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Our Cloud Security Services cover assessment, remediation, secure architecture and ongoing security support.
Security controls can become inconsistent as cloud services, users, workloads and supplier access change. This is particularly difficult to manage when systems operate across public cloud, private infrastructure and multiple cloud platforms.
Ultralink’s Cloud Security Risk Assessment evaluates how identities, configurations, networks, data, workloads and monitoring controls protect your environment. We examine risks such as excessive access, exposed resources, insecure configurations, incomplete logging, weak data protection and unclear remediation ownership.
Every finding is considered in the context of its exposure, operational impact and the sensitivity of the systems or information involved.
This gives your organisation a practical basis for deciding what to fix first, what to monitor and where further investment is justified.
Ultralink’s Cloud Security Services can address a defined weakness or support a connected security-improvement programme across public cloud, private cloud, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
We review user identities, role assignments, privileged accounts, service accounts and authentication controls across your cloud platforms. We then help implement least-privilege access, stronger authentication and appropriate controls for employees, administrators, developers and external partners.
We review cloud resources against agreed security baselines and strengthen settings across accounts, subscriptions, projects, applications, storage, databases and administrative services. Recommendations are prioritised according to actual exposure rather than the number of alerts generated by individual platforms.
Limit unnecessary access to cloud applications, workloads and administrative interfaces. This may include network segmentation, firewall configuration, private connectivity, traffic controls, secure administrative access and the removal of unnecessary public endpoints.
We assess where data is stored, who can access it, how it moves between services and whether encryption, key management, certificates and secrets are managed appropriately.
Our Cloud Workload Protection services can cover virtual machines, databases, containers, Kubernetes environments, application services and serverless workloads. We assess vulnerabilities, configurations, patch coverage and relevant runtime-protection capabilities according to the platforms and technologies in use.
We help configure logging, alerting and threat-detection capabilities across the platforms your organisation uses. Where appropriate, this may include native security services and centralised SIEM or security-monitoring platforms. We also define ownership, escalation and remediation processes so important alerts lead to action.
Cloud Security Posture Management helps identify misconfigurations, excessive permissions, resource sprawl and control drift across individual or multiple cloud platforms. Ultralink helps configure and use these capabilities to prioritise relevant exposure rather than relying solely on platform security scores.
Healthcare organisations may depend on cloud environments for patient information, clinical applications, digital services, system integrations and multi-site access. Ultralink helps strengthen security around these critical assets while considering authorised access, service availability and NHS-related responsibilities where applicable.
Pharmaceutical cloud security must protect research data, clinical-trial information, intellectual property, regulatory documentation and systems shared with laboratories, CROs and commercial partners. We assess how identities, permissions, configurations and monitoring controls protect this information across connected cloud environments.
MedTech businesses may use cloud platforms to support connected products, software applications, APIs, technical documentation and development environments. Our Cloud Security Services help reduce risks to sensitive data, production workloads and access provided to suppliers, distributors and other external parties.
Our sector understanding helps ensure that cloud-security recommendations reflect the importance of your information, services and operational responsibilities.
Using a compliant cloud provider does not automatically make every workload, configuration or process within that platform compliant.
Ultralink helps organisations configure and document cloud-security controls that can support UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit requirements where applicable, Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001-aligned controls and the NCSC Cloud Security Principles.
This may include identity protection, access management, encryption, secure administration, audit logging, workload protection, incident visibility and recovery controls across the cloud platforms you use. The appropriate controls depend on your data, services and retained responsibilities. Technical security measures can support compliance and assurance, but do not independently certify or guarantee organisational compliance.
For organisations that need to understand current exposure, identify priority risks and establish a remediation plan.
For organisations with known weaknesses or assessment findings requiring technical implementation.
For new cloud environments, migrations, applications or major workload changes where security must be built into the design.
For organisations requiring ongoing posture reviews, configuration monitoring, reporting and remediation support as their environment changes.
If you are unsure where to begin, start with a Cloud Security Assessment. We will define the scope around your platforms, workloads, data and business requirements.
Understand your cloud platforms, critical workloads, sensitive data, stakeholders, suppliers and reason for the engagement.
Review identities, configurations, networks, workloads, data protection, logging and existing security controls across the agreed environment.
Organise findings into immediate, planned and longer-term actions based on business risk and operational importance.
Strengthen agreed controls while considering dependencies, service continuity and the effect on authorised users.
Confirm that improvements work as intended and define the monitoring, ownership and review required as the environment changes.
Understand your cloud platforms, critical workloads, sensitive data, stakeholders, suppliers and reason for the engagement.
Review identities, configurations, networks, workloads, data protection, logging and existing security controls across the agreed environment.
Organise findings into immediate, planned and longer-term actions based on business risk and operational importance.
Strengthen agreed controls while considering dependencies, service continuity and the effect on authorised users.
Confirm that improvements work as intended and define the monitoring, ownership and review required as the environment changes.
Ultralink combines cloud-security capability with an understanding of the sensitive data, operational dependencies and third-party access common across healthcare, pharmaceutical and MedTech environments. As a Sophos Partner and SonicWall Partner, we can help organisations select, configure and manage security technologies that strengthen protection across users, networks, endpoints and connected cloud environments.
We help organisations select, configure and manage security technologies that strengthen protection across users, networks, endpoints and connected cloud environments.
Our Cloud Security Services cover assessment, remediation, secure architecture and ongoing support across the cloud platforms and connected infrastructure you use.
We understand the sensitive data, operational dependencies and third-party access common across healthcare, pharmaceutical and MedTech environments.
We help you understand current exposure, implement agreed improvements and build security into new cloud environments, migrations and major workload changes.
Security improvements are planned around operational continuity and the effect on authorised users, not just technical exposure alone.
We prioritise findings according to business impact and help you make better use of the technologies and controls already available.
Our Cloud Security Consulting Services help strengthen protection across your current environment while making better use of the technologies and controls already available. We can also provide ongoing monitoring, security reviews and remediation support through our Managed Cloud Security Services.
Understand where identities, configurations, infrastructure, applications and sensitive data may be exposed across your cloud environment. Start with a Cloud Security Assessment and receive clear findings, prioritised recommendations and a practical course of action based on your platforms, workloads and operational requirements.
The assessment reviews cloud architecture, identities, privileged access, networks, storage, encryption, workloads, vulnerabilities, logging, threat detection, backup and existing native security capabilities. You receive risk-ranked findings and a prioritised remediation plan.
Cloud security focuses on infrastructure, applications, workloads, networks, storage and cloud-platform configurations. Microsoft 365 security focuses primarily on identities, email, collaboration, endpoints and information held within services such as Exchange, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive.
The answer depends on whether you use IaaS, PaaS or SaaS. Your organisation will always retain responsibility for deciding whether a service meets its security needs, configuring its use securely and determining which data is stored within it.
An assessment can identify risks in the existing environment and inform the security requirements for the target architecture. This helps avoid transferring weak access models, unnecessary exposure or unsuitable configurations into the new cloud environment.
Common weaknesses include excessive permissions, public storage, exposed administrative services, unrestricted network rules, inadequate encryption, insecure secrets, missing logs and inconsistent security policies.
Cloud platforms provide extensive native security capabilities, but their effectiveness depends on the services used, licensing, configuration, monitoring and your organisation’s ability to respond. Ultralink assesses whether the native capabilities available across your cloud platforms address your risks and where configuration improvements, centralised visibility or additional controls may be required.
Cloud Security Posture Management continuously reviews cloud resources and configurations to identify misconfigurations, control drift and other weaknesses. It can improve visibility and prioritisation, but still requires clear policies, ownership and remediation processes.
Yes. Appropriate access controls, encryption, logging, data protection, secure administration and incident-management measures can support relevant requirements. Technical controls alone do not complete or guarantee compliance.
Yes. Ultralink can provide ongoing security-posture reviews, configuration monitoring, reporting and remediation support for UK healthcare, pharmaceutical and MedTech organisations.
Ultralink can assess Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and connected hybrid or multi-cloud environments, subject to the agreed scope and services in use. The assessment can cover an entire cloud estate or selected accounts, subscriptions, projects, applications, workloads and connected on-premises infrastructure.
Understand where identities, configurations, infrastructure, applications and sensitive data may be exposed across your cloud environment.
