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Announcing the AWS Secrets Report
Track unrotated AWS secrets, find unused credentials, and secure your cloud infrastructure with CloudQuery's new AWS Secrets Report.
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Joe Karlsson (He/They) is a Data Engineer and he empowers developers to think creatively when building real-time data applications through demos, blogs, videos, or whatever else developers need.
Joe's career has taken him from building out database best practices and demos for MongoDB, architecting and building one of the largest eCommerce websites in North America at Best Buy, and teaching at one of the most highly-rated software development boot camps on Earth. Joe is also a TEDx Speaker, film buff, and avid TikToker and Tweeter.
Governance
Cloud Centers of Excellence (Part 1): Building Effective Cloud Governance Through Strategic Organization
Discover how to build a successful Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) to drive cloud governance, security, and innovation across your enterprise. Learn key structures, roles, and strategies in Part 1 of our 5-part implementation series.
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Governance
Cloud Centers of Excellence (Part 2): Governance, Security, and Compliance in CCOEs
Who actually owns cloud policy? We break down how real CCOEs manage governance, enforce security without compromising velocity, and keep regulators at bay. We share what works and what quietly fails, inside enterprises handling sensitive workloads.
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Governance
Cloud Centers of Excellence (Part 3): FinOps, Cost Management, and Real-World Case Studies
Cloud costs aren’t just a budgeting issue, they’re a systems problem. In Part 3, we unpack how mature CCOEs adopt FinOps practices to track every dollar, cut waste by up to 40%, and drive shared accountability across teams. Real examples from banks and enterprises show how this actually plays out.
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Governance
Cloud Centers of Excellence (Part 4): Implementation Best Practices and Common Pitfalls
Building a Cloud CoE sounds great, until it stalls in politics, endless docs, or half-baked tooling. Part 4 provides a battle-tested roadmap: what to build first, what to skip, how to avoid the ivory tower trap, and how real organizations keep theirs alive past year one.
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Governance
Cloud Centers of Excellence (Part 5): The Future of CCOEs and Getting Started
CCOEs aren’t going away, they’re evolving. Part 5 looks ahead at how CCOEs are shifting. We share what’s next, what to build, and how to future-proof your CCOE without locking it in the past.
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Product News
Announcing Custom Reports
CloudQuery now lets you create custom reports tailored to your unique cloud environment. Design dashboards that give your teams visibility into security, compliance, and cost metrics that matter specifically to you.
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Announcing CloudQuery’s SOC2 Certification!
CloudQuery achieved SOC 2 Type II certification, validating our security controls and data protection practices for enterprise customers. Learn what this means for users and our compliance journey.
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