Prevent, Don’t Chase: Shift-Left Best Practices for FinOps and Security - Melanie Jean-Louis

Description

Implementing governance and optimization early in the cloud lifecycle delivers faster FinOps savings, stronger security, and fewer wasted engineering hours. This session shares best practices for adopting a shift-left approach—covering how to design and enforce preventative policies, embed governance into Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines, and align engineering teams around efficiency and compliance. You’ll walk away with practical guidance on how to use Cloud Custodian to shift policies left to cut costs, accelerate remediation, and prevent risks before they reach production.