Establishing Cloud Governance in a UK Defence Organisation

The Situation

A UK defence organisation was consuming public and private cloud services across multiple classifications, but without any formal governance or compliance oversight. One internal team had already begun using cloud services informally, creating a risk of Shadow IT. Without intervention, unapproved environments would continue to spread, increasing data exposure and bypassing assurance requirements.

The Challenge

The organisation needed a way to quickly bring existing cloud use under control, while laying the foundations for secure, compliant, and scalable cloud adoption. The complexity lay in balancing short-term needs with long-term strategy, while designing an approach that could scale across diverse use cases and classified environments. Additionally,