Using multiple clouds isn’t advanced. Governing them effectively is.

You’ve embraced multi-cloud because you need flexibility, best-of-breed services and vendor independence. But without solid governance, you’re trading agility for chaos. Let’s break it down.

3-step GOVERN framework:

G – Goals & Ownership
Define why you’re using each cloud. What workloads go where, and who owns them ?
O – One pane of control
You need visibility and consistent policy enforcement across all clouds. A unified management layer helps spot drift, cost spikes and risk.
V – Verify & Guardrails
Automate tagging, ownership, compliance checks, deployment guardrails. If it’s untagged or no owner = either assign or remove.
E – Efficiency & Cost-Control
Multi-cloud doesn’t mean unlimited budget. You still need FinOps discipline: cost visibility, right-sizing, workload optimisation.
R – Risk & Security Unified
Security can’t be siloed by cloud. IAM, encryption, monitoring must span all environments.
N – Native strengths aligned
Choose which cloud for which workload based on strength (e.g., AI/ML vs container vs compliance) rather than just spreading everything everywhere.

🔍 My insight as an AWS Community Builder
You can’t treat each cloud as a separate business unit. As architects we must build governance-first. Without it, multi-cloud becomes multi-failure.
Standards + automation + accountability = architecture worth investing in.

CTA: Review your cloud landscape this week. Map each cloud → workload → owner. Then ask: “Does this map respect GOVERN above?”

Originally Posted on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ayshaysha_cloud-aws-azure-activity-7387020063465205760-f4i2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADEYycUBSpIPuwBt-XnpjasLQrHL9NCoTws
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