Standardize tags to standardize reporting
As mentioned earlier, FinOps teams are often small; As such, improving how teams access data asynchronously and communicate using a shared dictionary is vital. One area worth focusing on is tagging, says Cloudbolt's Campos.
For true collaboration, he says, security and FinOps teams must be aligned on standardizing taxonomy right down to the cloud workload. This standardization allows both teams to view the same reports, alerts, and response patterns.
In Campos' experience, organizational silos first manifest themselves in data structures, then seep into behaviors and lack of communication, often leading to overlapping work without even knowing it. What's more, security tools often provide earlier detection of issues compared to FinOps tools, which often delay data visibility longer, Campos says. There are additional reasons for security and FinOps teams to be on the same page, with the same lexicon, to ensure they can leverage each other's work and tools for the benefit of the organization as a whole.
