Cloud Automation Strategy — Portfolio Environment
Cobalt Harbor Defense
63 active vendors · 7 spend categories
CFO · Finance Office-0.5% vs plan
EBITDA Bridge & Run-Rate
Adjusted Baseline
$8.9M
Realized
$2.8M
Forward Locked
$1.9M
+6.7 mo EBITDA runway
- • Defense production credits protected from optimization reporting.
- • Forward savings assumes secure comms consolidation approved by CIO.
CIO / CTO ViewAdvanced · 95% rubric coverage
Architecture & Risk Posture
Zero Trust
96% privileged identities with adaptive MFA
Cloud Commit Coverage
92% GCC workloads on commitments
Automation Health
Automation telemetry at 92% coverage
Incidents
0 critical incidents in 6 months
- • Close final FedRAMP logging gap for satellite uplink stack.
- • Align secure mobility tooling before 9/30 option year.
- • Document sustainment handoff for CASt managed service.
Annual Spend Overview
Cobalt Harbor Defense currently manages $8.90M across 7 spend categories. The mix below highlights where the largest optimization opportunities exist today.
Secure Cloud & GCC
$2,100K
23.6% of total portfolio spend
Cyber & Zero Trust
$1,600K
18.0% of total portfolio spend
Mission Apps
$1,300K
14.6% of total portfolio spend
Spend by Category
Delivery Roadmap
How Cobalt Harbor Defense Progresses Through CASt Phases
Phase 0
Setup
- •Agree on baseline methodology and taxonomy
- •Ingest contracts, invoices, and portal credentials
- •Publish first renewal map grouped by 90/180/365 days
Phase 1
Baseline & Pipeline
- •Publish Adjusted Baseline with Finance validation
- •Stand up renewal review cadence and scorecard
- •Launch decision log with architecture sign-off
Phase 2
Execute Quick Wins
- •Retire duplicates with billing-stop evidence
- •Negotiate in-flight renewals using utilization data
- •Align license tiers to active roles
Phase 3
Strategic Resets
- •Consolidate to anchor platforms
- •Plan migrations that shift next-year run rate
- •Document architecture rubric per platform
Phase 4
Sustain
- •Transition to managed service posture
- •Refresh ownership and renewal map quarterly
- •Report realized vs forward savings transparently