Overview
Cloud governance ensures that an organization's use of the cloud aligns with its business goals, security requirements, and budget. It involves defining who can do what, how resources should be configured, and how costs should be tracked.
Key Pillars
- Cost Management: Controlling and optimizing cloud spend.
- Security & Compliance: Ensuring resources meet security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Resource Management: Standardizing how resources are named, tagged, and deployed.
- Identity & Access: Managing user permissions and authentication.
Tools
- AWS Organizations / Control Tower
- Google Cloud Resource Manager
- Azure Policy / Blueprints