Move to the cloud without creating new blind spots.

Security-led migration planning and engineering for security platforms and broader cloud programs, from assessment through validation and operational readiness.

Security-led migration planning and engineering for security platforms and broader cloud programs, from assessment through validation and operational readiness.

The Challenge

A cloud migration changes more than where systems run. It changes identity, data flows, network boundaries, logging, ownership, and incident response. If security joins after the architecture is set, the team inherits gaps that are harder and more expensive to fix.

A cloud migration changes more than where systems run. It changes identity, data flows, network boundaries, logging, ownership, and incident response. If security joins after the architecture is set, the team inherits gaps that are harder and more expensive to fix.

How We Work Together

We start by defining what is moving, what must change, what should stay, and what can be retired. Then we map the data, dependencies, security controls, compliance requirements, and operating responsibilities that have to survive the move.

For security platform migrations, including SIEM and related data pipelines, we can lead from assessment through cutover. For broader application and infrastructure migrations, we own the security workstream and coordinate with your cloud, IT, compliance, and implementation partners.

Our goal is not simply to complete the move. It is to leave you with a cloud environment your security and operations teams can trust

We start by defining what is moving, what must change, what should stay, and what can be retired. Then we map the data, dependencies, security controls, compliance requirements, and operating responsibilities that have to survive the move.

For security platform migrations, including SIEM and related data pipelines, we can lead from assessment through cutover. For broader application and infrastructure migrations, we own the security workstream and coordinate with your cloud, IT, compliance, and implementation partners.

Our goal is not simply to complete the move. It is to leave you with a cloud environment your security and operations teams can trust

Cloud Migration Security Services

Cloud migration readiness and risk assessments

Cloud migration readiness and risk assessments

AWS, Azure, and GCP security architecture and control design

AWS, Azure, and GCP security architecture and control design

Application and infrastructure migration security reviews

Application and infrastructure migration security reviews

Data classification, residency, retention, and handling decisions

Data classification, residency, retention, and handling decisions

Identity and access design, including least privilege, RBAC, and MFA

Identity and access design, including least privilege, RBAC, and MFA

Encryption and key management planning for data at rest and in transit

Encryption and key management planning for data at rest and in transit

Network segmentation, connectivity, and boundary-control reviews

Network segmentation, connectivity, and boundary-control reviews

Cloud logging, monitoring, SIEM onboarding, and detection engineering

Cloud logging, monitoring, SIEM onboarding, and detection engineering

Cloud security posture assessments and configuration validation

Cloud security posture assessments and configuration validation

Penetration testing and post-migration security validation

Penetration testing and post-migration security validation

Cloud incident response planning, runbooks, and tabletop exercises

Cloud incident response planning, runbooks, and tabletop exercises

Security Platform Migrations

Splunk Enterprise to Splunk Cloud planning and execution
Elastic, Microsoft Sentinel, and multi-SIEM migration support
Data source, pipeline, parser, and normalization migration
Detection, risk-based alerting, dashboard, and reporting migration
SOAR playbooks, ticketing, enrichment, and security-tool integrations
Historical data and retention planning based on risk, use, and cost
Historical data and retention planning based on risk, use, and cost
Cutover validation, stabilization, documentation, and handoff

Our Migration Approach

Assess the current state.

We inventory systems, applications, data, identities, integrations, controls, and dependencies. Each workload is classified as ready to move, requires modification, should remain, or should be retired.

We inventory systems, applications, data, identities, integrations, controls, and dependencies. Each workload is classified as ready to move, requires modification, should remain, or should be retired.

Define the security outcome.

We establish security objectives before implementation begins. That includes access, encryption, monitoring, data protection, resilience, compliance, and the responsibilities shared between your team and the cloud provider.

We establish security objectives before implementation begins. That includes access, encryption, monitoring, data protection, resilience, compliance, and the responsibilities shared between your team and the cloud provider.

Design and prepare.

We translate those objectives into the target architecture, control plan, migration sequence, validation criteria, and ownership model. Risks are addressed before they become cutover problems.

Migrate in controlled phases.

We move systems, data, and security content in planned waves. When access, network, application, or stakeholder dependencies shift, we update the critical path and communicate the impact early.

We move systems, data, and security content in planned waves. When access, network, application, or stakeholder dependencies shift, we update the critical path and communicate the impact early.

Validate what matters.

We test access controls, encryption, data flows, logging, detections, integrations, performance, and recovery. For higher-risk environments, validation can include posture assessment, vulnerability testing, penetration testing, or purple teaming.

Prepare for operations.

We confirm continuous monitoring, alert routing, incident response procedures, documentation, and accountable owners. The cloud environment is not considered ready until the team responsible for it can operate it.

The Small-Firm Advantage

Cloud migrations rarely follow the plan exactly. A network rule is late. An application owner changes the scope. A legacy integration behaves differently in the destination. Large firms often lose time moving those decisions through layers of account and project management.

We keep scoping, project management, and technical delivery close to the work. You get faster decisions, direct access to the people solving the problem, and a team accountable for the result rather than the hours consumed.

Why Hurricane Labs

Security before, during, and after the move.

We help design the controls, validate the implementation, and make sure monitoring and response work in the new environment.

Production experience, not migration theory.

Our engineers operate security platforms and investigate real incidents. We know which dashboards, detections, permissions, data flows, and response paths have to work on day one.

Deep security platform expertise.

We understand the relationship between cloud infrastructure, identity, endpoint, data pipelines, SIEM, detections, SOAR, and incident response. We do not treat them as separate projects.

No black box.

We work in your environment, document the decisions, and leave your team with the configurations, content, and operating knowledge.

Common Reasons Clients Call Us

A Splunk, Elastic, or SIEM migration cannot interrupt security coverage

A broader cloud program needs a clear owner for the security workstream

Sensitive data needs defined handling, encryption, residency, or retention controls.

Identity, access, logging, or monitoring was not designed early enough

A migration plan needs independent security review before execution

A new cloud environment needs validation before production workloads move

The migration is complete, but the security team does not trust the visibility

A current-state assessment and risk-ranked migration plan
Clear security objectives, control owners, dependencies, and acceptance criteria
Data protection and access decisions documented before cutover
Logging, monitoring, detections, and incident response validated in the destination
Practical remediation for gaps found during testing
Documentation and a clean operating handoff
A path into ongoing Managed SIEM, Managed SOC, or engineering support when it makes sense