At Ceelix, we take a 360-degree approach to ensure that your cloud solutions and cloud providers not only meet your security and compliance needs but also deliver the business value and agility your organization requires, with minimal risk. In an environment where cloud adoption is accelerating, we focus on providing a thorough evaluation that aligns with your business strategy and operational goals.
While cloud solutions significantly increase your organization’s agility, scalability, and ability to shorten time-to-market, they also expand the perimeter of your IT services and introduce new complexities and risks.
Our assessments go beyond just the security and risk aspects. We ensure that your organization is leveraging reliable, scalable, and resilient services from cloud providers that meet both your operational and strategic requirements. This means evaluating providers on factors like service reliability, compliance, data sovereignty, and financial stability—ensuring that you’re not only buying a secure solution but also investing in a partner that can scale with your growth.
Our cloud assessment services include:
- Comprehensive Cloud Provider Evaluation
We assess cloud providers not just on technical capabilities but also on service level agreements (SLAs), availability, support models, and disaster recovery readiness. We ensure that your cloud partners meet your organization’s long-term business objectives and maintain a high standard of accountability and transparency.
- Cloud Security and Risk Assessment
With the growing risks associated with cloud adoption, including misconfigurations, data breaches, and insider threats, we evaluate the full security posture of your cloud environment. We incorporate zero-trust principles, ensuring that data, applications, and users are continually verified, regardless of location or device, to protect your expanding IT perimeter.
- Cloud Cost Optimization and ROI Analysis
Ensure that your cloud investment delivers real business value. We assess your cloud solutions’ total cost of ownership (TCO) and return on investment (ROI), helping you optimize costs while maximizing performance. This includes analyzing usage patterns, eliminating unnecessary expenses, and ensuring that your cloud strategy delivers long-term value.
- Governance for Cloud Solutions and Shadow IT Control
As cloud adoption increases, so does the risk of Shadow IT—the use of unauthorized cloud applications and services. We help you implement a governance framework that balances user flexibility with centralized control. Our approach ensures that business units have the freedom to adopt the cloud tools they need, while IT maintains visibility and control over the entire cloud environment. This governance structure mitigates security risks, improves compliance, and reduces the hidden costs of Shadow IT.
- Compliance and Regulatory Alignment
Cloud services must align with evolving regulatory requirements, such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001. We ensure that your cloud solutions are fully compliant, helping you navigate complex data privacy laws and industry-specific regulations. Our cloud assessments focus on ensuring that your cloud providers maintain strict adherence to these standards, reducing legal and compliance risks.
- AI-Driven Cloud Monitoring and Incident Response
We leverage AI-powered tools for real-time monitoring of your cloud environment, enabling faster threat detection and more proactive incident response. Our cloud assessments include evaluating your readiness to detect, respond to, and recover from security incidents using cutting-edge AI technologies.
- Cloud Strategy and Migration Planning
Whether you’re adopting a new cloud platform or migrating existing workloads, we provide strategic guidance on cloud migration planning, helping you avoid downtime, reduce complexity, and ensure a seamless transition. Our cloud strategy is tailored to your business needs, ensuring scalability, cost efficiency, and alignment with long-term goals.
By partnering with Ceelix, you gain the expertise and strategic guidance needed to make the most of your cloud investments, reduce risk, and ensure long-term business value.