Secure Your Private Cloud for Operations, Compliance and AI
Hardened OpenShift, Kubernetes and hybrid platforms with policy-as-code and audit evidence. Controls applied from Day-0, not bolted on later.
Secure Cloud Foundation Architecture
Security Areas We Help Establish
Security is designed into platform build, managed operations, automation and AI workload readiness — not bolted on afterwards.
RBAC and Access Boundaries
Role-based access design, namespace isolation, service accounts, group policies and least-privilege enforcement.
Secrets and Certificate Management
Vault integration, secret rotation, TLS certificate lifecycle, PKI and secure injection patterns.
CIS and RHEL Hardening
CIS benchmark application, RHEL / STIG hardening, OS baseline, kernel controls and image hardening.
Audit Evidence and Logging
Audit log configuration, retention, tamper resistance, evidence collection and sign-off pack generation.
Policy-as-Code Controls
OPA / Gatekeeper policies, admission controllers, kyverno rules and automated policy enforcement gates.
Backup, DR and Resilience Controls
Backup schedule governance, DR plan validation, failover testing and recovery evidence packs.
Compliance Readiness
Control mapping, compliance gap analysis, evidence packs and readiness documentation for audits.
Secure AI Workload Foundations
GPU workload isolation, model serving access controls, AI data boundaries and governed inference pipelines.
Cloud Security Readiness Model
A five-stage structured approach that takes cloud security from baseline assessment through to automated, evidence-driven compliance operations.
Assess Current Controls
Review existing RBAC, hardening, secrets, logging and policy posture against target baseline.
Define Security Baseline
Agree CIS / RHEL standards, RBAC model, secrets strategy, audit requirements and policy scope.
Harden Platform and OS
Apply hardening baselines, configure RBAC, deploy secrets management, set up certificate lifecycle.
Automate Policy and Evidence
Implement policy-as-code, automate evidence collection, configure audit pipelines and reporting.
Operate, Audit and Improve
Monitor controls, respond to violations, update baselines, produce audit evidence and drive continual improvement.
Security Controls Across the Cloud Lifecycle
Security is not a phase — it runs through Design, Build, Operate and Scale with specific controls at every stage.
- Security architecture
- Access model definition
- Compliance mapping
- Threat modelling
- Data classification
- CIS / RHEL hardening
- RBAC configuration
- Secrets and certificates
- Network policy setup
- Admission controls
- Audit log monitoring
- Vulnerability response
- Patch management
- Security runbooks
- Incident escalation
- Policy automation
- Evidence pack generation
- AI workload controls
- Compliance reporting
- Control optimisation
Private AI Cloud Security Connection
A secure cloud foundation is the prerequisite for governed AI workloads. Azalio connects platform hardening with OpenShift AI readiness.
Private AI Cloud Security Connection
Secure Cloud Foundation
- Hardened OS and platform
- RBAC and namespaces
- Secrets and certificates
- Audit logging
- Network policies
- Backup / DR controls
OpenShift AI / GPU / Model Serving Layer
- OpenShift AI
- GPU worker pool
- Model serving
- Data boundaries
- Workload isolation
- Monitoring
Governed AI Workloads
- Secure AI execution
- Controlled data access
- RBAC-gated inference
- Audit trail for AI ops
- Human approval gates
- Governed AI scale
Artifacts and Outputs
Every Azalio security engagement produces tangible, reusable artifacts — not assessments that gather dust.
Hardening checklist
CIS / RHEL controls applied and verified
Access model
RBAC, namespaces, service accounts, groups
Policy control map
OPA / Gatekeeper / Kyverno policy inventory
Audit evidence pack
Logs, screenshots, test output, sign-off
Security runbooks
Incident response, escalation and remediation
Backup / DR checklist
Schedule, test results and recovery evidence
Private AI readiness checklist
GPU isolation, access, data boundary controls
Remediation backlog
Prioritised security gap and fix register