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HOW TO IDENTIFY, TRACK AND RECLAIM SAAS
LICENSE COSTS
HELLO!I am Anirban Banerjee.I am the Founder and CEO of Onion ID.
Cloud Services: Benefits and
Costs
The hidden costs of Access Management
Controlling Cloud Service
costs
IT Infrastructure
Today
Laptops
In house server
s
Mobile device
s
Cloud Server
s
The Landscape is Changing
Wait for it – Cloud Services!
Why is the Cloud so Popular?
All these benefits are not without cost!
▹ Shift in Capex to OpexCost savings – 25% on avg.
▹ Employee MobilityEasy access – 49% on avg.
▹ Scaling is easierMore efficient – 55% on avg.
▹ Time savingsMore time to innovate – 31% on avg
▹ Choice – no traditional vendor lock in
Costs in the Cloud
▸ Plan▹ 10- year cost of ownership
▸ Sometimes unpredictable
▸ What to Track▹ Instances, Accounts, Licenses
▸ How to Track▹ Custom tools, Vendor tools, 3rd party
Estimating Cloud Costs
▸ Not just dollars▹ Time to manage accounts/servers▹ Vendor downtime
▸ Hidden costs▹ Employee training costs▹ Service desk requests▹ Wastage of unused accounts/servers
▸ Who is spending▹ Visibility is very poor
What about Asset Management?
Asset Management:
Obvious Costs
▸ Inventory▹ How many accounts, servers▹ How many applications
▸ Audit▹ Regular process, just like
compliance▹ Set up controls
▸ Alert▹ Knowing is half the battle▹ AWS Cloudtrail▹ Domo▹ Zapier
▸ Managing users▹ Account setup is not easy▹ Multiuser support is very poor
▸ Downtime▹ 99.95% means 21.6 mins of downtime/mo▹ 99.99% means 4.32 mins of downtime/mo
▸ Resetting passwords▹ 18.5 Million results in a generic search▹ Highest ticket count for any Hoster
▸ Onboarding users and training▹ Users may need 11 weeks to get comfortable
Asset Management:Hidden Costs
Access to Cloud Assets comes with hidden costs!
Access Management
•Access to vendor portal needs security
•Keep track of who has access
Increased Attack Surface
•3 hours per server per month
•1 hour per employee on/off boarding
Time Sink
•Business risk•Compliance• Incomplete Audits
Why is this important
Help Your Devops & IT
▸ Easy user setup▹ Set up standardized policy – Email based,
chain of command▹ Standardized format – use a directory
service
▸ Easy sharing▹ Wiki entry for how to share access
▸ Easy privilege management
▹ No default grants, have to balance automation and security
▸ Easy tracking▹ Decide what to track, when, what format
▸ Splunk, Sumo Login, JSON, CSV
▹ Document why this is important▹ Time savings, security, visibility
Reports in real time
Tight handle on
costs
Identify inefficienci
esMore
security
Compliance
Other Benefits
THANK YOU!Any questions?You can find more about us at:Onion ID – Infrastructure Access Securitywww.onionid.com , [email protected]: +1-951 231 0557