What is cloud security?

Cloud security is the practice of protecting cloud environments, applications and data from cyber threats. It includes identity management, encryption, threat detection and compliance enforcement. Partnering with a cloud security consultant helps businesses implement best practices and ensure a resilient security posture.

What are common security threats to cloud environments?

The most significant cloud security threats are data breaches, misconfigurations and unauthorized access. Data breaches expose sensitive information, often due to weak security controls, while misconfigurations in cloud settings can leave systems vulnerable. Unauthorized access, often caused by poor identity and access management (IAM), can be mitigated with cloud security consulting and top cloud security consulting firms that help businesses implement strong security measures.

Who is responsible for cloud security?

Cloud security is a shared responsibility between cloud service providers and businesses. Providers like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud secure the infrastructure, but organizations must manage identity access, data protection and compliance. Working with top cloud security consulting firms ensures a comprehensive security strategy tailored to your enterprise needs.

Cloud FinOps | Protiviti US

Driving greater cost transparency, predictability and automation across organizations

Our FinOps services are designed to help organizations strategically manage and optimize cloud financial operations by aligning cloud technologies with business goals. We go beyond cost-cutting, focusing on enabling smarter, value-driven decisions through deep visibility into cloud and IT spend. By fostering cross-functional collaboration among finance, IT, engineering and business teams, Protiviti ensures shared accountability and alignment with strategic objectives. We leverage dashboards, monitoring tools and variance analysis to empower data-driven decision-making, helping teams identify and act on optimization opportunities in real time.

We address the challenges of rising costs, growing complexity and efforts to reduce waste by aligning financial accountability with cloud operations, enabling cross-functional collaboration and leveraging data-driven insights to optimize spend. This approach empowers businesses to reduce waste, manage complexity and turn cloud investments into strategic value drivers.

At Protiviti, we understand the latest trends, complexities and challenges of managing cloud costs. With our experience advising clients on cloud costs and proven expertise in FinOps, we are the trusted partner to help you optimize your cloud financial operations and achieve your financial goals.

Our FinOps experts foster a culture of cost awareness without slowing down innovation

Evaluation

Our free proof-of-value evaluation helps organizations understand their cloud financial maturity, identify gaps and define actionable next steps for optimizing cloud spend and aligning with business goals.

Assessment

Our detailed assessment delivers in-depth cloud cost analysis, capabilities and maturity review and a prioritized roadmap with governance and tooling recommendations to enhance FinOps capabilities and drive strategic cloud financial management.

FinOps Enablement

Our full-cycle FinOps implementation builds and operationalizes scalable practices through process and tool deployment, team training and a transition plan for self-sufficiency—covering Discover, Inform, Optimize and Operate phases for lasting impact.

FinOps as a Service

Our Managed FinOps Service delivers continuous cloud cost optimization through automated monitoring, regular reporting and leading practice updates – ensuring sustained efficiency, governance and financial control across your cloud environment.

Cloud Cost Audit

Our Cloud Cost Audit assesses FinOps maturity through a detailed review of cost governance, management, optimization and resource utilization – helping reduce financial risk, improve efficiency and uncover opportunities for cloud cost savings.

Sustainability

Advance your Cloud and IT Environmental, Social and Governance goals through smart cloud service selection and architecture. Our Sustainability Review helps organizations leverage cloud data for accurate reporting, clear visibility and proactive impact control.

Our team of FinOps practitioners are ready to assist you on your FinOps journey

Our Cloud FinOps Approach

Our FinOps methodology follows a structured engagement approach from Discovery to Inform, then Optimize to Operate and is designed to help organizations maximize the value of every dollar spent in the cloud. The process begins with a short-term baseline and assessment to understand current cloud costs and workloads, establish FinOps requirements and develop a tailored roadmap. This phase validates the potential impact of FinOps practices and sets the foundation for deeper optimization.

From a roadmap, we establish foundational requirements and a unified cost data source to enable anomaly detection, visibility and chargeback through structured account hierarchy, tagging and taxonomy. With the future state defined, we enable teams through workshops and hands-on support to upskill, refine processes and tooling, integrate financial reporting and configure optimized, automated solutions that deliver measurable business value.

The final phase in our methodology transitions organizations into a sustainable FinOps operating model with ongoing support, including cost optimization initiatives and integration of hybrid cloud environments. Protiviti’s approach blends systems, leading practices and cultural alignment to ensure long-term success in cloud financial management.

Our team of FinOps practitioners are ready to assist you on your FinOps journey

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