Cloud Cost Optimization & Security

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