Case Study: AWS builds a cloud asset inventory with CloudQuery

AWS builds a cloud asset inventory for 500+ resource types with CloudQuery

AWS, a leading cloud provider, faced the challenge of managing its vast and complex cloud infrastructure, which made it difficult to track assets, control costs, and ensure security and compliance across its numerous services. To address this, AWS utilized CloudQuery, a developer-first unified platform for cloud governance, security, and FinOps, and its AWS source plugin to gain visibility.

CloudQuery implemented a solution by syncing data from over 500 AWS resource types into a centralized SQL database, creating a comprehensive cloud asset inventory. This enabled different teams to use standard SQL queries to achieve significant results: security teams identified misconfigurations, governance teams enforced compliance policies, and FinOps teams located cost-saving opportunities by finding unused and over-provisioned resources, ultimately leading to improved security, compliance, and reduced cloud spending.

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