Unlocking the potential of your cloud infrastructure

Overview

DevOps1, HashiCorp, and Paloalto Networks created a strategic partnership that redefines the landscape of cloud infrastructure, security, and DevOps excellence.

This program is tailored to delve into the present state of cloud infrastructure management, security, and compliance within your organization's setup over a span of a few weeks. Our team will examine various facets of cloud operations, the processes in play, and the top tools to comprehensively gauge customer needs and ensure a proficient and secure environment.

Through this assessment, the aim is to identify areas suitable for improvement and propose solutions to refine cloud operations, strengthen the security stance, and ensure adherence to compliance standards.

Common Challenges

• Limited Security and Compliance Oversight: The absence of an integrated cloud security solution may lead to struggles in maintaining a steady security level and meeting compliance benchmarks across cloud setups.
• Manual Security Processes: There might be a reliance on manual methods for checking security and compliance, which can be slow, error-prone, and ill-suited for fast-changing cloud infrastructures.
• Inconsistent Multi-Cloud Management: Without a unified platform, managing infrastructure, security, and compliance across different cloud providers can become complex and inconsistent, possibly leading to errors and elevated risk.
• Lack of Early Security Integration in DevOps: Failing to incorporate security early in the development cycle may pose challenges in identifying and rectifying security issues in a timely fashion.
• Cost Overruns: A lack of close monitoring, management, and optimization of cloud resources and security may result in higher costs due to over-use, under-use, or security issues requiring fixes.

Key Outcomes

• Identified Security Gaps: A thorough identification of security weak spots and compliance deviations within the existing cloud infrastructure, providing a clear view of areas needing attention.
• Improved Process Efficiency Recommendations: Suggestions for automating manual security and compliance processes, aiming to lessen operational burden, cut down errors, and speed up issue resolution.
• Multi-Cloud Management Strategy: A customized strategy to boost consistency in managing multi-cloud environments, aiming to simplify operations, reduce errors, and lower associated risks.
• Early Security Integration Plan: A roadmap for incorporating security measures earlier in the development lifecycle to catch and fix issues promptly, aiding in reducing the cost and time spent on rectification.
• Cost Optimization Insights: Insights into potential cost overruns due to over-provisioning, under-utilization, or security incidents, along with suggestions for optimising resource allocation and usage to achieve cost savings.

Sprint 0

Duration 1 day

• High-Level Review of Documentation:
  Review documents, policies, and standards.
• Prepare Questionnaire:
  Analyse and compile insights from responses.
• Conduct Interview Sessions with Stakeholders:
  Conduct additional sessions as needed.
• Analyse Responses:
  Analyse and compile insights from sessions.
• Analyse Findings and Prepare Report:
  Review internal review of findings.
  Prepare the Cloud and Security Posture formal report.

Acceleration phase

Duration 3 to 4 weeks

• Detailed Review of Documentation:
  Review documents, policies, and standards.
• Prepare Questionnaire:
  Analyse and compile insights from sessions.
• Conduct Interview Sessions With Stakeholders:
  Conduct additional sessions as needed.
• Run Cloud and Security tools:
  Integrate security tools and execute the scans.
• Review and Validate Findings:
  Internal review of findings.
  Buffer time for additional data collection or clarification.
• Analyse Findings and Prepare Report:
  Review internal review of findings.
  Prepare the Cloud and Security Posture formal report.