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How to Eliminate Blind Spots in Your Cloud Environment
Keeping track of your cloud assets across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Kubernetes is like herding cats—except the cats are invisible, constantly moving, and occasionally cost you thousands of dollars when they escape
We recently launched the CloudQuery Platform, which includes our integrated Cloud Asset Inventory. No more duct-taping multiple tools together or relying on reports that aged like milk. Now, you get a single source of truth to lock down security, enforce governance, and optimize spending. All without losing your sanity
CloudQuery does more than just centralize your cloud data, it normalizes it. That means you can compare assets across cloud providers in a way that actually makes sense. Want to see all your bucket storage in one place without jumping between AWS S3, GCP Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage? CloudQuery standardizes everything into a structured queryable format so you can see all your resources side by side, no matter where they live.
Why Visibility Matters for Cloud Governance #
Cloud governance teams deal with incomplete, inconsistent cloud data every day. Security gaps pop up, compliance violations lurk in the shadows, and finance teams have no idea why last month’s bill rivals the GDP of a small country. If you can’t see everything, you can’t secure or optimize anything.
CloudQuery fixes this by transforming all your cloud provider data into a structured, SQL-queryable format. With a single command, you can:
- Find security risks before they become front-page news.
- Spot and shut down wasteful spending before your CFO does.
- Investigate incidents instantly without clicking through a dozen dashboards.
Let’s dig into some examples.
How Security Teams Hunt Down Unencrypted Storage Buckets #
Imagine you’re on a security team (or maybe you actually are, in which case, “hi 👋, we should talk more!”). Your job? Make sure every cloud storage bucket is encrypted. Without a unified view, that means manually checking settings across every single platform.
With CloudQuery, one SQL query does the work for you:
Instead of sifting through endless cloud consoles, you get instant answers (and fewer panic attacks).
Cutting Cloud Costs by Stopping Idle Compute Instances #
Now let’s say you’re in FinOps, and you just found out that half your cloud spend is going toward machines no one is using. Great. Love that.
Traditionally, you’d export cost reports from AWS, GCP, and Azure, cross-reference them with usage data, and pray. Or, you could just ask CloudQuery:
With CloudQuery, the team can write a simple query to find instances running at low utilization:
Now you know exactly which instances to right size shut down or put in the cloud equivalent of a timeout.
Auditing Cloud Resources for Compliance (or: How to Not Accidentally Break the Law) #
Ever had that sinking feeling when you realize a cloud resource just popped up in a region you’re definitely not supposed to be using? Maybe it’s a data sovereignty violation, maybe it’s an compliance disaster, or maybe it’s just an intern going rogue with the deploy button. Either way, someone’s about to have a bad day.
Governance teams set the rules—approved regions, allowed instance types, and who can deploy what, where. But policies don’t enforce themselves. CloudQuery makes it dead simple to check for violations:
One query, and boom—you’ve got a list of all the cloud resources sneaking around in unapproved regions. If you find a database chilling in a country that puts you out of compliance, it’s time to hit the red button.
The Future of Cloud Governance (aka Not Doing Everything Manually) #
Security researchers agree on one thing. The traditional security model of separate vertical silos is on the way out. Leading organizations are shifting to a horizontal security approach, where cloud security, application security, and infrastructure risk are all analyzed together. Instead of treating cloud risks in isolation, security teams are now correlating risks across the entire stack—from infrastructure to code to runtime—mapping every issue back to its root cause and owner.
CloudQuery is built for this new world. Instead of locking security teams into narrow tools that only monitor individual cloud providers, CloudQuery normalizes security and asset data across every cloud and pipeline. That means security teams, DevOps, and FinOps can work from a shared data set, seeing the full picture rather than scrambling between isolated tools.
As more organizations embrace secure by design principles, security is being embedded directly into CI CD pipelines (which you can do with CloudQuery’s API). The most forward thinking teams are already integrating CloudQuery into their development workflows, using SQL queries to catch misconfigurations before they hit production.
The shift is already happening. Cloud and application security teams are merging, developers are owning security responsibilities earlier, and security visibility is becoming a continuous process rather than a reactive audit. CloudQuery is the foundation for this shift, helping teams break free from outdated silos and adopt a unified security model that actually works.
What’s Next? #
The way organizations secure and govern cloud environments is changing fast, and CloudQuery is built to help teams stay ahead. Whether you are looking to improve security visibility, optimize cloud costs, or streamline compliance, CloudQuery gives you the data-driven control you need to make smarter decisions without the headache.
The best way to understand how CloudQuery transforms cloud visibility is to see it live. Our team can walk you through a tailored demo based on your cloud environment and use cases. Let’s talk about how CloudQuery can fit into your stack. 👉 Schedule a demo today
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