Who this is for
- Teams watching AWS or GCP bills creep up month over month with no clear cause
- Shops over-provisioned from an early scaling spike that never came back
- Anyone whose security model is "we set it up three years ago and have not touched it since"
What you get
- Billing audit covering instance right-sizing, reserved-instance strategy, and idle-resource cleanup, typically 1-2 weeks
- Security review covering firewall rules, IAM, MFA, audit logging, and secrets handling
- Consolidated migration plan where a platform change makes financial sense
- Quarterly review cadence so cost and security drift gets caught early
Proof
- $189K/year saved and 42% AWS cost reduction for a media company
- 48% cost reduction and 7+ year hardware lifecycle via dedicated infrastructure consolidation
- Up to 71% infrastructure cost reduction delivered across engagements
Cloud Cost Optimization Strategy
Cost Visibility & Allocation
- Tagging strategy design
- Cost allocation modeling
- Department/project-level chargeback reporting
- Reserved instance utilization analysis
- Savings plan evaluation
- Budget enforcement configuration
Resource Right-Sizing
- Compute right-sizing analysis
- Idle resource detection
- Storage tier optimization
- Snapshot lifecycle cleanup
- Load balancer consolidation
- Underutilized service elimination
Usage & Spend Modeling
- Historical cost trend analysis
- Growth forecasting models
- Reserved vs on-demand strategy modeling
- Spot instance strategy evaluation
- Cost anomaly detection systems
- Waste identification audits
Multi-Cloud Cost Governance
- Cross-provider cost comparison
- Vendor lock-in mitigation strategy
- Cloud sprawl containment
- Environment lifecycle enforcement
- Sandbox expiration policies
- Centralized billing analysis
Cloud Security Architecture
Identity & Access Management
- Least-privilege IAM design
- Role-based access modeling
- Temporary credential strategy
- Privileged access management
- Access lifecycle enforcement
- Multi-factor authentication enforcement
Network Security
- Secure VPC architecture
- Private subnet enforcement
- Bastion access controls
- Firewall rule auditing
- WAF implementation
- DDoS mitigation planning
Data Protection
- Encryption at rest & in transit
- Key management strategy
- Secret rotation automation
- Backup encryption validation
- Cross-region data protection
- Data retention governance
Threat Detection & Monitoring
- Cloud audit log aggregation
- Suspicious activity detection
- IAM anomaly detection
- API usage auditing
- GeoIP-based access analysis
- Privilege escalation monitoring
- Security event alerting
Compliance & Governance Framework
- Policy-as-code implementation
- Security baseline enforcement
- Continuous compliance scanning
- Audit documentation preparation
- Access review workflows
- Change management enforcement
Security Automation
- Automated key rotation
- Patch management automation
- Misconfiguration detection scripts
- Firewall rule validation automation
- Backup integrity verification
- Incident response automation
Cloud Risk Assessment
- Infrastructure risk analysis
- External attack surface mapping
- Public exposure audits
- IAM risk scoring
- Data exposure evaluation
- Recovery capability validation
Executive-Level Cost & Security Reporting
- Monthly cost breakdown reports
- Reserved instance coverage analysis
- Security posture dashboards
- Risk scoring summaries
- Budget deviation reporting
- Capacity vs spend modeling
Incident Response & Remediation
- Cloud security incident playbooks
- Credential compromise response
- Service isolation procedures
- Forensic log preservation
- Post-incident cost impact analysis
- Remediation validation testing
We align cloud cost efficiency with hardened security architecture.
By combining deep infrastructure experience with disciplined financial governance and proactive threat mitigation, we deliver cloud environments that are secure, optimized, and fully accountable.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much can I typically save on cloud costs?
Our clients typically see 30-40% cost reduction after optimization. The savings come from right-sizing instances, eliminating idle resources, optimizing storage tiers, and implementing reserved capacity planning.
What does a cloud cost audit include?
We analyze your current cloud billing, identify unused or underutilized resources, evaluate instance sizing against actual workload requirements, review storage and data transfer costs, and produce a prioritized list of optimization recommendations with projected savings.
Can you optimize costs without reducing performance?
Yes. Cost optimization is not about cutting corners. We focus on eliminating waste — resources you are paying for but not using. In many cases, performance actually improves after optimization because resources are better matched to workload requirements.
Do you help with security compliance frameworks?
Yes. We implement security controls aligned with PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, and general CIS benchmarks. This includes firewall configuration, encryption, access controls, audit logging, and documentation for compliance audits.
What security services do you provide beyond compliance?
We provide infrastructure hardening, intrusion detection, incident response planning, DDoS mitigation, vulnerability assessments, and ongoing security monitoring. Security is integrated into every layer of infrastructure we design.