--- title: How Cloud Consultants Alienate Sprawl and Misconfigurations description: The recent shift to remote working has increased the reliance on cloud applications and services. Implementing cloud computing without proper planning and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-cloud-consultants-alienate-sprawl-and-misconfigurations-mlkb6lezs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Cloud Consultants Alienate Sprawl and Misconfigurations | daily.dev og:description: The recent shift to remote working has increased the reliance on cloud applications and services. Implementing cloud computing without proper planning and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-cloud-consultants-alienate-sprawl-and-misconfigurations-mlkb6lezs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mlKB6LeZs.png og:image:alt: How Cloud Consultants Alienate Sprawl and Misconfigurations og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Cloud Consultants Alienate Sprawl and Misconfigurations **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The recent shift to remote working has increased the reliance on cloud applications and services. Implementing cloud computing without proper planning and security analysis can result in operational complexities and cyber risks. Engaging offshore cloud consulting services providers can help businesses overcome misconfigurations, reduce complexities, and lower operational expenses. Consultants use different governance models to combat cloud sprawl, including centralized, federated, and distributed models. They also take steps to educate leaders about the security model of cloud providers, patch consistently, monitor and maintain inventory, enhance data accessibility with analytics, and close legacy resources and fortify APIs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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