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 •
Blog
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 •
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 •
Cloud Asset Inventory
Engineering
The Real-Time Cloud CMDB - Why Ephemeral Infrastructure Killed Traditional Discovery
Traditional CMDBs miss most ephemeral resources because containers live just minutes. Modern cloud CMDBs use tiered sync strategies (15-30 min for critical, hourly for important, daily for baseline). Compare approaches, costs, and learn why ephemeral infrastructure killed traditional discovery.
Joe Karlsson •
Best Practices
CMDB
Cloud Infrastructure
Solving CMDB Challenges in Cloud Environments
Traditional CMDBs fail 70-80% of the time in cloud environments. Learn five specific challenges, ephemeral resources, data model mismatch, security lag, multi-cloud visibility, and licensing costs — and practical solutions for each.
Adam Cobb •