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Datadog cloud security posture-
findings prioritised and ownership clear in four weeks.

Most organisations running AWS or Azure have cloud security misconfigurations, IAM over-permissions, exposed storage, unpatched workloads, but no structured programme to find, prioritise, and fix them. This accelerator changes that: Datadog Cloud Security Management active, posture findings surfaced, and a clear ownership model in place by week four.

Cloud Security Management configured across your cloud accounts. Posture findings prioritised by risk. Dashboard pack and ownership model on delivery. First remediation backlog ready for sprint planning.

4 weeks
Fixed delivery window
CSPM
Cloud posture and identity risk
Prioritised
Findings ordered by risk and effort
Ownership
Clear model for who remediates what
Quick facts
DurationFour weeks
ProductsCloud Security Management (CSPM + Workload Security + Identity Risk)
AccessAdmin Datadog + cloud account read access (AWS/Azure)
Best whenNo structured cloud security posture programme; teams need to understand misconfiguration risk before a compliance audit or security review
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Scope, what happens in four weeks

From unknown posture to structured findings and ownership

The four weeks establish cloud security visibility, prioritise what matters most, and leave behind a structure for acting on what was found.

  • Cloud Security Management configuration across your AWS and/or Azure accounts, CSPM rules enabled, workload security active, identity risk scanning configured
  • Posture baseline scan, full findings from CSM across all cloud accounts, categorised by framework (CIS, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC2, custom) as appropriate
  • Findings prioritisation, risk scoring applied, false positives reviewed, findings ordered by severity and remediation effort
  • Ownership model, mapping which team or individual is responsible for each category of finding; escalation routing established
  • Dashboard pack, cloud security posture view, identity risk view, and findings-by-owner views for both security and platform teams
  • First remediation backlog, top-priority findings structured for sprint planning, with effort estimates and recommended fix approaches
Outputs, what you receive on delivery

Four deliverables at the end of week four

Prioritised findings baseline, complete picture of cloud security posture at go-live, risk-scored and ordered for remediation, with initial false positives resolved
Dashboard pack, posture overview, identity risk, workload security, and findings-by-team views configured for ongoing monitoring
Ownership model, documented mapping of finding categories to responsible teams, escalation routing, and triage SLAs by severity
First remediation backlog, top-priority findings structured for sprint planning, with next-step recommendation from Critical Cloud
Best when

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