Startups need velocity without skipping security. This 90-day plan balances delivery speed with guardrails so you can land enterprise deals while shipping weekly.

Phase 1 (Days 1–30): Stabilize & standardize

• Baseline cloud IAM with SSO/MFA + least-privilege roles.
• Create a golden repo with CI templates, linting, tests, and secret scanning.
• Add deployment safety: blue/green or canary + rollbacks; required approvals.
• Stand up observability: logs + metrics + alerts with clean ownership.

Phase 2 (Days 31–60): Automate & optimize

• Move infra to Terraform/Crossplane; enable plan/apply with policy checks.
• Introduce GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux) for consistent cluster/app deployments.
• Optimize cloud cost: right-size compute, autoscaling tuned, storage lifecycle policies.
• Add compliance automation: evidence capture for changes, access reviews, and backups.

Phase 3 (Days 61–90): Scale & assure

• Harden supply chain: signed artifacts, SBOM generation, image provenance.
• Build internal platform docs and onboarding flows.
• Run incident and DR tabletop drills; measure MTTR and deployment frequency.
• Set quarterly objectives for reliability, security, and cost with dashboards.

Why this works

• Reuses tooling your team already has (GitHub/GitLab, IaC, Kubernetes).
• Couples speed with compliance, so enterprise customers move faster through security reviews.
• Keeps burn in check by prioritizing cost optimizations early.

Ready to accelerate?

Grab the Free Cloud Cost & Risk Review to see where to start and get a 90-day plan tailored to your stack.
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