Cloud: secure and assure
Secure and assure your cloud environment
Improve cloud security posture, reduce risk and meet sector standards. As cloud use grows, so does the need for consistent security, governance and assurance. Without clear oversight, institutions can struggle to demonstrate compliance, manage risk, or understand where responsibility sits between teams and providers.
We help education and research organisations secure and assure their cloud environments through practical reviews, remediation support and clear alignment to sector standards — giving leaders confidence and teams clarity.
Assurance that supports confident cloud use
Our secure and assure services focus on visibility, governance and action — helping institutions strengthen cloud security without adding unnecessary complexity or workload.
Our approach is multi-cloud, sector-aware and outcome-led, complementing operational cyber security services delivered through our cyber portfolio.
Our secure and assure services can help you:
- Gain a clearer understanding of cloud security posture, risk and responsibility
- Improve compliance with recognised standards and good practice
- Reduce exposure from misconfiguration and inconsistency
- Gather stronger evidence for audits, assurance and governance processes
- Achieve clear alignment between cloud, security and operational teams
Services and capabilities
Our cloud and cyber portfolios are designed to work together to provide joined-up assurance and operations.
- Cloud: secure and assure focuses on posture, governance and assurance
- Cyber security services provide ongoing detection, monitoring and response
This helps institutions avoid gaps, duplication and confusion — while ensuring responsibilities are clear and risks are managed appropriately.
Understand and improve your cloud security posture
This structured review assesses the security configuration of your cloud environments across platforms such as Azure and AWS.
It focuses on:
- Identity and access controls
- Network and perimeter security
- Logging, monitoring and alerting
- Configuration against recognised standards
- Clarity of roles and responsibilities within the shared responsibility model
The review produces clear, prioritised recommendations that teams can act on, helping institutions move from understanding risk to addressing it.
Outcome: improved visibility of security gaps and a practical plan to strengthen cloud security.
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This structured review assesses the security configuration of your cloud environments across platforms such as Azure and AWS.
It focuses on:
- Identity and access controls
- Network and perimeter security
- Logging, monitoring and alerting
- Configuration against recognised standards
- Clarity of roles and responsibilities within the shared responsibility model
The review produces clear, prioritised recommendations that teams can act on, helping institutions move from understanding risk to addressing it.
Outcome: improved visibility of security gaps and a practical plan to strengthen cloud security.
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CIS remediation
Address configuration gaps against recognised benchmarks.
Where cloud security reviews identify misalignment with standards such as the CIS benchmarks, we can support targeted remediation.
This includes:
- Prioritising actions based on risk
- Supporting configuration changes
- Improving consistency across environments
- Reducing the likelihood of common misconfiguration issues
Outcome: stronger baseline security and reduced exposure to avoidable risks.
Address configuration gaps against recognised benchmarks.
Where cloud security reviews identify misalignment with standards such as the CIS benchmarks, we can support targeted remediation.
This includes:
- Prioritising actions based on risk
- Supporting configuration changes
- Improving consistency across environments
- Reducing the likelihood of common misconfiguration issues
Outcome: stronger baseline security and reduced exposure to avoidable risks.
Microsoft Defender XDR
Advanced threat protection across identities, endpoints, email and cloud workloads, integrated into a wider security operations approach.
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Advanced threat protection across identities, endpoints, email and cloud workloads, integrated into a wider security operations approach.
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Microsoft Sentinel
Cloud-native SIEM and SOAR capabilities providing visibility, detection and response across hybrid and cloud environments.
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Cloud-native SIEM and SOAR capabilities providing visibility, detection and response across hybrid and cloud environments.
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Web application firewall
Protect public-facing applications from common web threats, supporting availability and data protection.
Protect public-facing applications from common web threats, supporting availability and data protection.
Choose Jisc for cloud security and assurance
We offer sector-built expertise you can trust.
- Education and research focus: services reflect sector risks, regulatory pressures and audit expectations
- Multi-cloud and vendor-aware: support across platforms, without locking institutions into one approach
- Practical and sustainable: focused on what teams can realistically maintain.
- Part of a wider portfolio: security, migration and operations aligned, not siloed
Ready to strengthen your cloud security posture?
Contact your relationship manager or make a customer enquiry to discuss how we can support your cloud security and assurance.