5 Key Disciplines of Cloud Governance:

As with many elements of ongoing cloud maintenance, governance is an iterative process, and every business will have its own compliance and governance requirements.

Some common governance and compliance regulations include GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GLBA and ISO 27001. These regulations will outline what governance measures your cloud environment will need.

However, most businesses will create a minimum viable product for governance, followed by iterations of governance maturity to address risks.

During this stage, there are 5 common disciplines of cloud governance to consider:

1.Cost Management

Cost is a primary driver for cloud migration.

Therefore, it is important to establish guidelines for managing costs for all cloud platforms.

2.Security Baseline

Addressing security concerns can be a complicated matter, and each organisation’s security needs vary. Once security requirements have been identified, it is necessary to implement cloud governance policies and measures to ensure that those requirements are met consistently across all aspects of the network, data, and asset configurations.

3.Identity Baseline

Failure to apply identity requirements consistently can increase the risk of security breaches. The Identity Baseline discipline centres on guaranteeing that identity controls are implemented uniformly throughout all initiatives related to adopting cloud adoption.

4.Resource Consistency

The smooth operation of cloud systems is reliant on maintaining uniformity in resource configuration. Governance tools can aid in achieving a consistent configuration of resources, thereby minimising risks related to onboarding, drift, discoverability, and recovery.

5.Deployment Acceleration

Incorporating centralisation, standardisation, and consistency into the deployment and configuration process can enhance governance practices. When deployed through cloud-based governance tools, these factors can expedite deployment activities and facilitate cloud management.?

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