Introduction
Cloud success depends on balancing cost, performance, and security. Yet, many SMBs treat FinOps and Security as separate worlds. In reality, they're two sides of the same coin: both aim to reduce waste, risk, and complexity.
By aligning FinOps with compliance-driven security posture management, SMBs can save money and improve their audit readiness.
Where Cost and Security Overlap
Unused EBS Volumes
Unused volumes create both cost waste and unnecessary exposure to potential data breaches.
Oversized Instances
Oversized instances mean excess cost and an unnecessarily large attack surface.
Public S3 Buckets
Public buckets create compliance risk, potential data leakage, and unnecessary egress costs.
Idle Resources
Idle or forgotten resources waste budget while expanding your security perimeter.
Securitain helps identify these overlaps, tagging findings by both cost and compliance impact.
AWS Tools for FinSecOps
Cost Explorer
Visualize usage trends and identify cost optimization opportunities.
AWS Config
Track configuration compliance and resource changes over time.
Security Hub
Centralize security findings from multiple AWS services.
Trusted Advisor
Get efficiency insights and best practice recommendations.
Securitain brings these together into one dashboard — visualizing where cost optimization meets security hygiene.
How Securitain Helps
With the Dashboard module, you can see:
- % of resources compliant with CIS benchmarks
- Estimated cost savings from remediations
- Time to compliance for key frameworks
Conclusion
Cost and compliance aren't competitors. When you align them, you achieve stronger cloud governance, reduced waste, and improved security posture.
Start with Securitain's unified FinSecOps dashboard today.
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