CMDB
A History of CMDBs
Traditional CMDBs failed in the cloud era. Cloud CMDBs are different: real-time, API-driven, and built for modern infrastructure. Here's why.
Chris Reuter •
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Case Studies
How Reddit Secures Its Cloud with CloudQuery
Learn how Reddit leverages CloudQuery to build a scalable, multi-cloud asset inventory that powers their security and compliance efforts across AWS, GCP, and more.
Chris Reuter •
Best Practices
Cloud Infrastructure
Governance
The People You Need on Your Cloud Governance Team
Cloud governance fails when teams lack the right mix of skills. Learn which 6 core roles prevent chaos, their responsibilities, and how to structure your team effectively.
Adam Cobb •
AWS
Azure
GCP
Security
Tutorials
How to Find Internet-Facing Cloud Assets in AWS, Azure and GCP
Find all internet-facing cloud resources across AWS, Azure, and GCP with SQL queries. Identify exposed VMs, storage, databases, and load balancers to reduce your attack surface.
Adam Cobb •
CloudQuery News
Product Updates
New in CloudQuery: Tines + Semgrep integration, and native visualizations,
This month's CloudQuery updates include Tines and Semgrep integration for security orchestration, along with native visualization support in the Platform for quickly summarizing and understanding your cloud resources.
Chris Reuter •
Cloud Asset Inventory
Engineering
Platform Engineering
6 Cloud CMDB Best Practices for Platform Engineers (2026 Guide)
Cloud CMDB best practices for multi-account environments - automated discovery, tiered sync strategies, SQL-based querying, and historical data retention for compliance.
Joe Karlsson •
CloudQuery News
Product News
Security
Introducing Data Access Control for CloudQuery Platform
CloudQuery Platform RBAC: Control cloud asset access with SQL-based permissions. Map Azure AD/Okta groups to roles. Available now on all environments.
Joe Karlsson •
Best Practices
CMDB
Cloud Infrastructure
The Death of Agent-Based CMDB Discovery
Agent-based CMDB discovery fails in cloud environments with containers, serverless, and managed services. API-driven discovery costs 90% less and works everywhere.
Joe Karlsson •