100% Continuous Cloud Compliance

SecOps at Scale with Continuous Cloud Compliance

Cloud Compliance is critical in the digital transformation journey. It’s best that Compliance isn’t treated as a tactical check-box exercise. Instead, approach it as a strategic imperative to unlock a critical competitive advantage. To make it a reality you need to leverage automation that not only assures compliance but also reduces the cost of ensuring…

CoreStack Joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program as Build Partner

CoreStack Joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Program enables CoreStack to deliver continuous and autonomous Google Cloud compliance and governance at scale for customers May 10, 2021, BELLEVUE, WA — CoreStack, a global cloud governance provider that empowers enterprises to achieve continuous and autonomous cloud governance at scale, today announced that it has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program as a…

CoreStack Named Gold Stevie® Award Winner In 2021 American Business Awards

CoreStack Named Gold Stevie® Award Winner In 2021 American Business Awards

BELLEVUE, WA— May 6, 2021 — CoreStack, a global cloud governance provider that empowers enterprises to achieve continuous and autonomous cloud governance at scale, today announced that it was named the winner of Gold Stevie® Award in the 2021 Annual American Business Awards® in the Cloud Infrastructure category in the 19th Annual American Business Awards. This…

Why Cloud Resource Consistency is Paramount to Effective Governance

Why Cloud Resource Consistency is Paramount to Effective Governance

In the previous blog post (part 6 of the cloud governance series), we discussed cloud access governance. In this blog, we talk about the fifth pillar of OSCAR Governance framework which is Cloud Resource Governance. Resource consistency is one of the fundamental steps to consider for cloud governance. It is important to organize cloud assets…

Govern Access Based on Principle of Least Privileges

Govern Cloud Access Based on Principle of Least Privileges

In the previous blog post (part 5 of the cloud governance series), we discussed cloud cost governance. In this blog, we discuss the fourth pillar OSCAR Governance framework – Cloud Access Governance. Controlling and regularly reviewing who has access to what is not just an enterprise security mandate. It is a critical compliance necessity. Sarbanes-Oxley…

How to use Infrastructure as Code to achieve DevOps at scale

How to Use Infrastructure as Code to Achieve DevOps at Scale

Infrastructure and environments are needed by development organizations to support their own build and release process. An IT practice like Infrastructure as Code (IaC) allows you to codify and manage underlying IT infrastructure as software to enable developers or operations (DevOps) teams to automatically manage, monitor and provision resources, rather than manually configuring discrete hardware…

The Antidote to Unpredictable Cloud Costs is Real Governance

The Antidote to Unpredictable Cloud Cost is Real Governance

In the previous blog post (part 4 of the cloud governance series), we discussed cloud security governance. In this blog, we discuss the third pillar of OSCAR Governance framework – Cloud Cost Governance. A widely pervasive myth about the cloud is that it always saves money. Most organizations enthusiastically begin their cloud journey with a…

Conquering Cloud Security Challenges through Governance

Conquering Cloud Security Challenges through Governance

In the previous blog post (part 3 of the Cloud Governance series), we discussed Cloud Operations governance. In this article, we discuss the second pillar of our OSCAR Governance framework – Cloud Security. In our customer conversations, we often hear that the most significant security challenges CISOs face are: Rapid migration to the cloud resulting…

To Accomplish Effective Cloud Operations, You Need Real Governance

To Accomplish Effective Cloud Operations, You Need Real Governance

In the previous blog post – part 2 of the cloud governance series – we introduced the OSCAR Cloud Governance Model. We also discussed about an important component of cloud governance i.e. Cloud Visibility. In this blog, we will talk about the first pillar of our OSCAR Governance framework which is ‘Cloud Operations’ and how…

OSCAR - A Unique and Comprehensive Cloud Governance Model

OSCAR – A Unique and Comprehensive Cloud Governance Model

Enterprises are increasingly using various cloud platforms, each geared at providing differentiated value. Irrespective of the cloud platform, there are common pillars and principles that guide enterprises in defining, building, and enforcing cloud guardrails for efficient governance. Cloud Operations, Security, Cost, Access, and Resource consistency form the core pillars of cloud governance. We call this…

Abstracted Cloud Compliance Controls - AC3

Assure 100% Cloud Compliance with Abstracted Cloud Compliance Controls (AC3) Framework

Do not treat Compliance as a tactical check-box exercise. Instead, approach it as a strategic imperative to unlock a critical competitive advantage. To make it a reality you need to leverage automation that not only assures compliance but also reduces the cost of staying continuously compliant. CoreStack empowers Compliance and Security teams with a solution…

Emergence of Cloud Governance 1 of 7 Cloud Governance Series

Emergence of Cloud Governance

Even after 14 years since the inception of Cloud, Infrastructure & operations (I&O) leaders still struggle to find a balance between agility and cost-control, security & compliance needs. In this 7-part blog series, we aim to resolve this cloud conundrum by detailing the challenges, the need for real governance, and the best practices. We begin…