Many organizations struggle to implement cloud cost and security recommendations despite knowing they need improvement. Industry experts have identified ten organizational barriers that consistently prevent companies from taking action on critical recommendations. Understanding these obstacles is the first step toward building more responsive and secure cloud operations.

Cloud management platforms (CMPs) have become a hot recommendation for companies running infrastructure in the cloud. Vendors position them as the control plane for everything: cost management, governance, automation, security, and operational visibility.

The reality is more nuanced. A CMP is not automatically the right move for every company, every cloud environment, or every stage of growth.

Cloud cost and security are inherently intertwined by design, but seldom evaluated together. The most effective cloud infrastructure management strategy uses cost efficiencies to directly fund security improvements.
 

Key takeaways
 

• Managing cloud spend and security separately–with different teams, different budgets, different goals–creates unnecessary silos.