AWS Security · Durham
AWS Security in Durham
Securing AWS estates for Durham organisations, where almost everything traces back to a credential or a role that grants too much. Sophisticated attacks against the platform itself are rare; long-lived access keys, over-broad permissions and something left publicly reachable account for the overwhelming majority of incidents.
Why this comes up
The problem
Several access keys are years old, and a role granting full administrative access is attached to an application.
What you get
What we deliver
- Long-lived access keys eliminated in favour of roles and short-lived credentials
- Permissions narrowed to what each workload actually uses, evidenced by access data
- Public exposure audited across storage, databases and security groups
- Root account secured, with hardware multi-factor and no routine use
- Logging enabled and delivered somewhere the account itself cannot delete
- Detection configured, since an unnoticed compromise is the expensive kind
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Working in Durham
North East
Durham's economy is dominated by its university and cathedral, so the commercial base is small and much of the local demand comes from spinouts and suppliers attached to the institutions rather than from independent industry.
Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones.
Sectors we work with in Durham
- Higher Education
- Tourism & Heritage
- Public Sector
- Retail
- Research
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- AWS
- IAM
- CloudTrail
- Terraform
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- SaaS businesses
- Public sector
- Professional services
Why us
Why Durham businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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AWS Security in Durham — common questions
- Why are access keys the main risk?
- Because they leak and they last. A key committed to a repository, embedded in a script or left on a laptop remains valid indefinitely unless someone rotates it, whereas a role issuing short-lived credentials removes the thing there is to steal.
- How narrow should permissions be?
- As narrow as the evidence supports. Access analysis shows what a role has actually used over time, which turns permission reduction from a guessing exercise into a factual one — and administrative access attached to an application is almost never justified.
- Where should logs go?
- Somewhere the compromised account cannot reach. Audit logs stored in the same account they describe can be deleted by whoever gains control of it, so delivering them to a separate account is what preserves the ability to investigate.
- Is detection worth the effort?
- It is the difference between hours and months. Compromised credentials are typically used quietly — mining, data access, lateral movement — and estates without detection find out from a bill or from somebody else, by which point the exposure is considerable.
- Do you work with businesses across County Durham?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout North East, including Durham and the surrounding County Durham area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Durham businesses do you usually work with?
- Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones. Beyond that we work across Higher Education, Tourism & Heritage, Public Sector, Retail and Research.
- Do you cover the areas around Durham?
- Yes — we work throughout North East, including Newcastle, Sunderland, York. Durham is an urban area of roughly 70,000+, and we take on work across the wider County Durham region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about AWS Security in Durham
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise