Review agreed security controls against clear criteria, with evidence, limitations and follow-up actions your team can understand.
Proxar · UK expertise
Hybrid security
A control in the cloud may not protect another way into an on-site system. We help you look at the connections between the two environments, where shared accounts, administration and application dependencies can leave responsibilities unclear.
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Follow the routes people and systems use
Which accounts have privileges in both places? How do identity changes reach connected applications? Which local systems remain essential to cloud workloads? Those questions reveal where a review needs to look beyond a single platform.
Remote administration, backup connections and integration services may use different access paths from ordinary staff. They need to be understood too. A cloud policy should not be assumed to cover every retained local route, or an on-site control every directly accessible cloud service.
Change connected controls in a workable order
The review identifies relevant trust relationships, affected systems and the people who own their controls. A remediation plan needs to coordinate those owners, especially when an identity or network change affects several teams.
An account change might alter cloud sign-in, scheduled tasks and a local application differently. Test the important dependencies and establish recovery access before enforcing the change widely. Findings should lead to a sequence of checks and approvals, not an instruction to change every system independently.
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Keep the operating arrangements connected too
Controls need maintenance on both sides of the boundary. Logging, change records and incident escalation should account for a problem that moves across platforms rather than stopping where one supplier’s administration ends.
Hybrid management covers ongoing operational coordination. Cloud security focuses on work within the cloud environment itself. The right starting point depends on where the question sits and which dependencies need reviewing together.
Hybrid security does not require every application to move. A replacement or migration is a separate business decision. We review the environment you need to operate, including the reasons components remain where they are and the responsibilities needed to protect their connections.
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“I’ve worked with Proxar for a number of years and have always found them to be honest, knowledgeable and informative.”
Before you decide
Your questions, answered
Do we have to move everything to the cloud?
No. The review considers the mixed environment your business needs. Moving or replacing a component may be one option, but it requires a separate decision based on purpose, dependencies and the work involved. Retained systems still need clear controls and support rather than being treated as outside the security discussion.
Why is a cloud-only review not always enough?
Some access paths and application dependencies may pass through on-site identities, networks or management services. Reviewing only the cloud configuration can miss how those connections are used. The required coverage depends on the actual service, so we identify the relationships before deciding which systems need to be examined.
Can a security change break an older application?
It can affect authentication, scheduled jobs or other dependencies, which is why the application owner and suitable checks matter. Significant changes need a coordinated plan and understood recovery access. Where an exception is necessary, it should be recorded with an owner and a review decision rather than left unexplained.
Can you work with several existing suppliers?
We can discuss a review and change arrangement involving the teams that own different parts of the environment. Access, evidence and approval responsibilities need to be established. Each supplier’s obligations remain distinct, but the findings and next actions should connect across them rather than leave your business to join up separate reports.
Your next step
Where do your cloud and on-site security responsibilities meet?
Bring a picture of the systems, identities and connections you rely on. We will help you review the boundaries and plan any changes with the people responsible for both sides.