Secure Your Cloud. Cut Your Costs.

We audit your cloud environment for both security misconfigurations and cost waste — fixing one often fixes the other.

Duration: 2-6 weeks Team: 1 Senior DevSecOps Engineer
The Challenge

You might be experiencing...

Cloud bill growing faster than revenue
No cloud security posture management in place
Public S3 buckets, open security groups, or IAM sprawl
No visibility into cost by team, service, or feature
Engineers choosing resources without cost or security awareness

Insecure cloud resources and wasted cloud resources are often the same thing. A public S3 bucket with stale data is both a security risk and unnecessary cost. An over-permissioned IAM role attached to an oversized instance is both dangerous and expensive.

We audit both dimensions simultaneously, delivering a single report that prioritizes fixes by combined security and cost impact. The quick wins alone typically pay for the engagement within the first month.

Our Approach

Engagement Phases

Week 1-2

Visibility & Analysis

Connect billing APIs, implement tagging, map costs to teams, run security posture scan, identify overlap between waste and risk.

Week 2-3

Quick Wins

Eliminate idle resources, fix critical security misconfigs, implement auto-scaling for non-prod, right-size obvious over-provisioning.

Week 3-5

Structural Optimization

Right-sizing analysis, Savings Plan strategy, IAM least-privilege review, encryption hardening, network architecture optimization.

Week 5-6

Governance

Cost + security monitoring dashboards, tagging enforcement, budget alerts, engineering cost guidelines.

What You Get

Deliverables

Combined cost and security audit report
Quick-win implementation with measured savings
Cloud security posture findings with remediation plan
Right-sizing and Savings Plan recommendations
IAM least-privilege review
Cost + security monitoring dashboards
Tagging enforcement policies
Expected Outcomes

Before & After

MetricBeforeAfter
Cloud Cost ReductionUnoptimized20-40% savings
Security MisconfigsUnknown0 critical, <3 high
Tagging Compliance<30%>95%
Cost Anomaly DetectionMonthly bill shock<24 hours
Technology

Tools We Use

Prowler ScoutSuite Terraform Checkov AWS Cost Explorer
Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How much can we expect to save on cloud costs?

Most organizations see 20-40% reduction in cloud spend. Common savings come from eliminating idle resources, right-sizing over-provisioned instances, implementing auto-scaling for non-production environments, and optimizing Savings Plan commitments. The quick wins alone typically pay for the engagement within the first month.

Which cloud providers do you support?

We support AWS, Azure, and GCP. Our tooling — Prowler, ScoutSuite, Checkov, and Terraform — works across all major cloud providers. We can also assess multi-cloud environments where workloads span providers.

How do security and cost optimization overlap?

Insecure resources and wasted resources are often the same thing. A public S3 bucket with stale data is both a security risk and an unnecessary cost. An over-permissioned IAM role on an oversized instance is both dangerous and expensive. We audit both dimensions in a single engagement.

How long does the engagement take?

Typical engagements run 2-6 weeks. The first 2 weeks focus on visibility and analysis, weeks 2-3 on quick-win implementation, weeks 3-5 on structural optimization like right-sizing and IAM review, and weeks 5-6 on governance setup including monitoring dashboards and budget alerts.

Do you implement the changes or just provide recommendations?

We do both. The engagement includes hands-on implementation of quick wins such as eliminating idle resources and fixing critical security misconfigurations, plus detailed recommendations with effort estimates for structural changes your team can execute.

Get Started for Free

We would be happy to speak with you and arrange a free consultation with our DevOps Expert in Dubai, UAE. 30-minute call, actionable results in days.

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