From Drift to Discipline: Reducing IAM Drift by 85% in 30 Days with Cloudshot

 From Drift to Discipline: Reducing IAM Drift by 85% in 30 Days with Cloudshot

We thought we had everything under control.

IAM policies? Check.
Audit trails? Check.
Shared doc of exceptions? Also check.

Then we activated Cloudshot’s IAM monitoring—and got a reality check.

We weren’t unsafe.
But we weren’t secure either.

Untracked permission updates.
Lingering temporary access.
Missed role reviews.

Not failures—just human patterns of drift.

Here’s how Cloudshot helped us regain control—fast.

What Turned Things Around

We used our own Cloudshot platform, just like our customers do.

Here’s how we brought IAM drift down by 85% in just 30 days:

✅ Multi-Cloud IAM Graph Mapping
Cloudshot created a full visual map of every permission, path, and policy.
We saw things we hadn’t looked at in months.

✅ Drift Engine That Never Sleeps
Live policy checks flagged misconfigurations instantly.
No surprises—just signals.

✅ Alerting with Built-In Ownership
Every alert had a clear owner.
No finger-pointing. No Slack noise.

✅ Who Changed What, When, and Why
Cloudshot tracked every IAM event with full attribution.
Zero guesswork.

✅ Dashboards That Actually Guide You
With enforced tagging, we saw not only violations but also their context and priority.

Our Timeline

  • Week 1: IAM issues were mapped and assigned.

  • Week 2: Actionable alerts replaced spreadsheet chaos.

  • Day 30: IAM drift dropped 85%.

No last-minute audits.
No team burnout.
Just clarity.

Why Cloud Teams Need This

IAM drift doesn’t make noise.
It builds until it breaks something.

Cloudshot helped us stop that pattern cold.

We Didn't Patch the Problem—We Solved It

Cloudshot gave us:

✅ Cloud-wide IAM visibility
✅ Smart alerting and tracking
✅ Team ownership on drift
✅ Transparent IAM logs
✅ Context-aware dashboards

If you’re doing IAM drift management by hand—it’s time for an upgrade.

👉 Book a Demo to see Cloudshot in action.

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