As a former cloud engineer at MITRE and Frontier Airlines, I spent too many nights fighting cloud fires. Surprise bills, compliance violations, security gaps — sound familiar?
After one too many 3 AM alerts, my team and I built PolicyCortex: an AI system that predicts and prevents cloud issues before they become incidents.
The Problem We Set Out to Solve
Traditional monitoring is reactive: you get alerts after something breaks. We wanted proactive intelligence that spots problems early and nudges safe fixes into the delivery flow.
Our AI Approach
We combine ML + policy-as-code + lightweight telemetry:
- Cost: time-series models flag anomalous spend and predict upcoming spikes.
- Security: configuration analytics uncover misconfigurations and risky drift.
- Compliance: rules + drift detection prevent violations before they ship.
- Performance: early signals (latency, saturation, errors) catch issues upstream.
Real Results (so far)
- 1,842 incidents prevented across customers
- $2.4M+ in cloud costs saved
- 94.2% average compliance score achieved
- $16K+ potential savings identified per customer
These numbers reflect current internal dashboards as of publication.
High-Level Architecture
- Time-series forecasting for usage & cost patterns
- Anomaly detection on security posture & access drift
- Rule engine for policy/compliance guardrails (pre-deploy + runtime)
- NLP prioritization to group noisy alerts into actionable stories
Under the hood, we pair proactive checks with gated deployments so risky changes don’t make it to prod. When something does slip, we provide clear flow maps and cheaper, summarized log views so engineers can see what’s talking to what without burning the budget.
Why This Matters
- Fewer wake-ups: prevent incidents instead of paging on symptoms
- Lower cloud bills: catch waste and misconfig early
- Cleaner audits: show your preventative controls, not just post-mortems
- Happier teams: less noise, clearer actions
What’s Next
We’re launching publicly today and would love feedback from the DEV community. The goal: eliminate reactive cloud management.
👉 Try PolicyCortex free: https://policycortex.com
What cloud challenges are you facing right now? Cost? Security drift? Cross-env traffic visibility?
Drop your use case in the comments — I’ll share patterns and sample policies.
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