☁️ Cloud Computing Systems

Build, Migrate, Secure, Operate — As One Measurable System

Cloud computing should make your business faster, safer, and more accountable—not just “someone else’s servers.”
SolveForce treats cloud as a complete operating system for the enterprise: foundations (landing zones & on-ramps) → platforms (Kubernetes/serverless/VMs) → security (Zero Trust) → data & AI → observability & evidence → FinOps & resilience. Everything is policy-as-code and wired to evidence so you can prove outcomes at any time.

Related pages this builds upon:
• Cloud portfolio → /suite-of-cloud-services • Foundations → /cloud
• Platforms → /kubernetes • /serverless • Virtualization → /virtual-data-centers • /private-cloud
• On-ramps → /direct-connect • Networks → /sd-wan
• Security → /ztna • /sase • /waf • /key-management • /secrets-management • /encryption • /email-auth
• Data & AI → /etl-elt • /data-warehouse • /vector-databases • /solveforce-ai
• Evidence & Ops → /siem-soar • Resilience → /backup-immutability • /draas
• Governance → /finops • /grc • Compliance → /nist • /hipaa • /pci-dss • /fedramp

🎯 Business Outcomes (why our cloud approach is different)

Speed with safety — delivery times go down while risk and toil go down too (guards in CI, drift watchers in prod).
Evidence on demand — logs, configs, approvals, test artifacts flow into /siem-soar; the binder matches the build.
Predictable cost — FinOps budgets, commitment planning, and unit economics ( $/user, $/1k req, $/TB scanned ) keep spend honest.
Compliance clarity — SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / NIST / HIPAA / PCI / FedRAMP mapped to real controls; no “paper-only” posture.

🧭 Cloud Computing, Solved as a Stack

1) Foundations: Landing Zones & Guardrails

Org design: tenants/accounts/subscriptions with folders/OUs and delegated guardrails.
Policies-as-code: deny-public storage, encryption required (CMEK), mandatory tags/labels, region controls, image baselines.
Networking: hub-and-spoke or vWAN/Transit with Private Endpoints/Private Service Connect; shared DNS/Split-horizon; NAT/egress allow-lists.
On-ramps: dual Direct Connect / ExpressRoute / Interconnect with BGP policy; Anycast for front doors; SD-WAN breakouts.
→ Start here: /cloud • /direct-connect • /sd-wan

2) Platforms: VMs, Kubernetes, Serverless

VMs/Scale Sets when you need lift-and-shift or specific kernel/drivers.
Kubernetes for portable microservices, policy controllers (OPA/Gatekeeper), image signing + SBOM, NetworkPolicy default-deny. → /kubernetes
Serverless for bursty APIs & events with quotas and idempotency/DLQs; cost budgets at “$/request.” → /serverless

3) Zero-Trust Security (identity > network)

Federation (SSO/MFA) and PIM/JIT for cloud admin; workload identity (OIDC/IRSA) so no long-lived keys exist.
ZTNA for private console & app access; SASE for SaaS/web; WAF/Bot + DDoS on edges; email auth to DMARC p=reject.
Keys in HSM/KMS, secrets from vault, envelopes & rotations recorded as evidence.
→ /ztna • /sase • /waf • /key-management • /secrets-management • /email-auth

4) Data & AI: From ingestion to guarded assistants

ELT/CDC into warehouse/lake with data contracts, lineage & DQ checks. → /etl-elt • /data-warehouse
Vector DBs + guarded RAG: assistants cite or refuse; pre-filters by labels/ACLs before ANN search. → /vector-databases • /solveforce-ai
Privacy & governance: labels (PII/PHI/PAN/CUI), DLP & tokenization, residency/retention.

5) Observability & Evidence

Cloud logs/metrics/traces + config diffs → SIEM, actions through SOAR (isolate/revoke/rekey/rollback/patch).
OpenTelemetry tracing, SLO dashboards, drift detectors; QBR packs generated from the same pipeline. → /siem-soar

6) Resilience & Continuity

Object-Lock/WORM backups, cross-region replicas, DRaaS, documented failovers with screenshots & checksums; clean-point catalogs for ransomware.
→ /backup-immutability • /draas

7) FinOps & Spend Control

Tags enforced at commit; budgets & anomaly tickets; commitment plans (RIs, Savings Plans, CUDs, slots).
Unit economics that non-engineers can read: $/user, $/site, $/1k req, $/TB scanned. → /finops

🧱 Cloud Use-Cases (compose what you need)

A) Cloud Foundation Pack

Landing zone, identity federation, Private Endpoints, transit networking, logging sinks, baseline WAF + email trust plan, SIEM/SOAR wiring, FinOps budgets.
→ /suite-of-cloud-services

B) Container Platform Pack

Managed K8s (GKE/EKS/AKS) with GitOps, admission policy (OPA), image signing/SBOM, NetworkPolicy default-deny, autoscaling, ingress + WAF, OpenTelemetry.
→ /kubernetes

C) Serverless & API Pack

Gateway (quotas, JWT/HMAC/JWS, schema validation) + Functions/Cloud Run; idempotency, DLQs, step-function sagas; “$/request” budgets & SLOs.
→ /serverless

D) Data & AI Fabric Pack

CDC→object→ELT→warehouse; governed metrics; vector index; assistants that cite or refuse; DLP & tokenization at egress; eval sets for accuracy/cost.
→ /etl-elt • /data-warehouse • /vector-databases • /solveforce-ai

E) Regulated Enclave Pack (HIPAA/PCI/NIST/FedRAMP-aligned)

CMEK/HSM keys, Private Endpoints only, ZTNA for admin, PIM/JIT, WAF/Bot/DDoS, immutable logs & backups, assessor artifacts (SSP/POA&M).
→ /hipaa • /pci-dss • /nist • /fedramp

F) Hybrid & Multicloud Core

Colo VDC hub with dual on-ramps (DX/ER/Interconnect), SD-WAN breakouts, EVPN/VXLAN in colo/DC, shared identity, cross-cloud policy gates & evidence.
→ /virtual-data-centers • /private-cloud • /direct-connect

🚀 Cloud Migration (without the drama)

We execute the 6R playbook with acceptance tests and rollback at every wave.

Discover & map: app inventory, dependencies, data classes, RTO/RPO, compliance overlays.
Landing zone first: policies & logs before moving workloads.
Cutover options: blue/green DNS, weighted canary, dual-run read-only, CDC with checksum parity; decommission with wipe attestations.
Modernize: carve hotspots to K8s/serverless; refactor CI/CD; remove static keys; tighten drift watchers.
→ Full runbook: /cloud-migration

🔐 Security Patterns You Actually Keep

Identity first: SSO/MFA, Conditional Access, PIM/JIT for admin, workload identity (OIDC/IRSA), device posture at attach.
No public by default: Private Endpoints, deny-public guardrails, egress allow-lists.
Strong edges: WAF/Bot/DDoS + API signing (HMAC/JWS), schema validation; email auth (SPF/DKIM/DMARC/BIMI) to cut phishing.
Custody: keys in HSM/KMS, secrets in vault, envelope encryption; rotation ceremonies recorded to SIEM.
→ Deep dives: /waf • /email-auth • /key-management • /secrets-management

📐 SLO Guardrails (cloud you can measure)

Domain	KPI / SLO (p95 unless noted)	Target (Recommended)
On-ramp attach (metro→region edge)	≤ 2–5 ms
Policy deploy → enforced	≤ 60–120 s
IAM change propagation	≤ 60–120 s
K8s node join (GKE/EKS/AKS)	≤ 3–6 min
WAF added latency	≤ 5–20 ms
DMARC rollout	p=reject ≤ 60–90 days
RAG evidence	Citation coverage = 100% (refusal correctness ≥ 98%)
Backups (Tier-1)	Immutability = 100%
DR (Tier-1)	RTO ≤ 5–60 min / RPO ≤ 0–15 min
Evidence pipeline	Logs/artifacts to SIEM ≤ 60–120 s
Change control	Unapproved prod changes = 0

Breaches auto-open a case and trigger SOAR (reroute, re-key, roll back, scale, tighten policy), with approvals and artifacts. → /siem-soar

✅ Acceptance Tests & Artifacts (we keep the receipts)

Networking: BGP sessions, route policy tests, Private Endpoint reachability; on-ramp latency.
Security: deny-public controls verified; PIM/JIT elevation logs; WAF/Bot rules; email auth headers & TLS-RPT.
Data: CDC parity (row counts/checksums), lineage coverage, DQ pass rates.
Platforms: K8s admission & NetworkPolicy tests; serverless quota & idempotency tests with DLQ replay.
Resilience: Object-Lock settings, restore drills with screenshots/checksums; DR failover timings.
Artifacts stream to /siem-soar; we package them for QBRs and audits.

💸 FinOps in Practice (spend that behaves)

Govern: mandatory tags, budgets & alerts, anomaly tickets routed to owners.
Optimize: commitment planning (RIs/SP/CUDs/slots), storage lifecycle, egress guardrails, autoscale targets.
Explain: unit economics dashboards ( $/team, $/service, $/request, $/TB ); forecast accuracy goals (30/90 days).
→ Explore /finops

🛡️ Compliance Overlays (sector-ready)

SOC 2 / ISO 27001 — control map + continuous evidence. → /soc2 • /grc
NIST 800-53/171 / CMMC — AC/IA/AU/SC/CM families; ConMon packs; SSP/POA&M where needed. → /nist
HIPAA — BAAs, ePHI labels, minimum necessary, DLP, immutable logs & backups. → /hipaa
PCI DSS — CDE segmentation, tokenization, key ceremonies, WAF/DMARC rollout. → /pci-dss
FedRAMP (adjacent cloud) — inheritance + delta controls; RAR/SSP/SAP/SAR/POA&M support. → /fedramp

🛠️ Implementation Blueprint (no-surprise delivery)

1) Assess & classify workloads/data, SLOs, RTO/RPO, compliance scope; pick cloud(s)/regions.
2) Design landing zone: org policies, logging, networking, Private Endpoints; identity federation & workload identity.
3) Security baseline: ZTNA/PIM, keys/secret posture, WAF/Bot, email auth; endpoint posture.
4) Data & AI fabric: ELT/CDC, warehouse, vector DB, cite-or-refuse assistants; DLP/tokenization.
5) Observability & evidence: SIEM/SOAR pipelines, OTel, config drift monitors; acceptance tests defined.
6) FinOps: tags, budgets, commitment plan, unit economics; anomaly routes.
7) Pilot & rings: one domain/app → expand; success gates on SLOs & cost; rollback plan.
8) Operate & improve: monthly posture & cost reviews; quarterly DR/TTX; roadmap in /solveforce-codex; artifacts in /knowledge-hub.

📝 Cloud Intake (copy-paste & fill)

Cloud(s)/regions; on-ramp POPs & diversity
Apps/data (tiers, RTO/RPO, privacy labels); platform targets (VM/K8s/serverless)
Identity & access (IdP/SSO/MFA, PIM/JIT); device posture; ZTNA targets
Edges (WAF/Bot/DDoS, email auth status)
Custody (KMS/HSM, vault, rotation cadence)
Data/AI (CDC/ELT, warehouse/lake, vector DB, RAG use-cases)
Operations (managed vs co-managed, change windows, reporting cadence)
Compliance (SOC2/ISO/NIST/HIPAA/PCI/FedRAMP), BAAs/DPAs needed
Budget & timeline (ROM vs build-ready); success metrics (SLOs, cost targets)

We’ll return a design-to-quote with architecture, supplier options, SLO-mapped pricing, compliance overlays, and an evidence plan you can reuse in audits and QBRs.
Or jump to /customized-quotes.

📞 Launch or Level-Up Your Cloud — Securely, Efficiently, and With Proof

Call: (888) 765-8301
Email: contact@solveforce.com

We’ll assemble foundations, platforms, security, data & AI, observability, and resilience into a cloud you can operate, optimize, and prove.