Securing cloud environments demands continual assessment and automation, posing challenges in achieving compliance due to scale and visibility issues. Yet, maintaining compliance, such as PCI-DSS, is essential. With the shift towards DevOps, cloud deployments are in constant flux, requiring integrated security throughout the CI/CD pipeline and software lifecycle. However, many lack the expertise for this. Automated cloud governance, security, and compliance, integrated early in development, with a prevention-focused approach, are crucial.