Aker Secure Cloud Build and Migration for Government

1. Cloud Cost Optimisation Assessment (Discover): Helps you gain visibility into cloud spend and identify tangible opportunities to reduce waste, enhance efficiency and manage costs sustainably. We combine deep expertise and proven frameworks to assess architectural, operational and financial optimisation levers. Engagements typically produce actionable insights and a roadmap that embeds best practices in governance, forecasting and automation. Deliverables: • Cloud Spend Analysis • Cost Optimisation Strategy and Roadmap • Budgeting and Forecasting Framework • Cost Governance Recommendations

2. Secure Cloud Foundations (Build): Delivers a zero-trust, policy-as-code foundation for cloud platforms handling sensitive workloads. Aker provides pre-hardened cloud environments with integrated guardrails, observability and automation, enabling organisations to deploy with confidence. Our blueprints align to common regulations and support long-term operational integrity and compliance. Deliverables: • Hardened Cloud Environment: Pre-configured to security and compliance standards. • Platform Guardrails and Policy-as-Code: Automated controls and enforcement mechanisms. • Observability Framework: Visibility across cloud services, configurations and alerts. • Zero-Trust Reference Architecture: Security-first cloud patterns for sensitive workloads.

3. DevSecOps Enablement (Build): Helps teams embed security across the software lifecycle—without slowing down delivery. Aker works with your team to assess your current practices, define fit-for-purpose frameworks and implement pipelines that integrate security from the start. Our approach automates governance, enhances visibility and accelerates feedback loops, enabling fast, secure and compliant releases. Deliverables: • Development, Security & Ops Assessment • CI/CD Framework (with Automated Security) • Security Policies & Standards Framework • Monitoring and Improvement Model • Infrastructure as Code Framework

4. Cloud Security Compliance & Assurance (Build): Helps organisations operate securely in the cloud while meeting critical assurance and regulatory requirements. Aker assesses your current landscape, defines a secure operating model and implements governance aligned to ISO, NIST and zero-trust principles. Each engagement is tailored to your risk posture, compliance goals and operational maturity – enabling safe and sustainable innovation. Deliverables: • Security and Compliance Assessment: Evaluate alignment to required standards and operational maturity. • Security Solution Design: Cloud-native controls mapped to compliance frameworks. • Cloud Risk and Controls Register: Capture known risks, mitigations and associated controls. • Continuous Compliance Blueprint: Pattern for continuous validation, monitoring and reporting.

Core AWS Services • Amazon EKS • Amazon S3 • AWS Glue • AWS Lambda • Amazon Aurora • Amazon MSK • Amazon EventBridge • Amazon SQS • Amazon SNS • Amazon API Gateway • Amazon KMS • AWS Transit Gateway • Amazon EC2 Supporting AWS Services • Amazon DynamoDB • Amazon ElastiCache • Amazon OpenSearch • Amazon Redshift • Amazon Flink • AWS Transfer Family