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Principal Consultant, Edwards Consulting Group
Chris Edwards is the principal consultant at Edwards Consulting Group, where he helps organizations reduce AWS spend, harden their cloud security posture, and put AI to work in production. He writes about cloud architecture, FinOps, cybersecurity, and practical AI integration drawn directly from client engagements.
A practical methodology for moving AI from demo work into production workflows with automation guardrails proof gates and measurable business value.
May 26, 2026
A high AWS bill is not just a finance problem. It is usually a signal that architecture and ownership have drifted. Here is how to read the warning signs and where CostCut fits.
May 19, 2026
The Canvas incident is a reminder that school systems depend on vendor security as much as their own controls.
May 8, 2026
A practical read on GPT-5.5 agent platforms compute deals open models AI coding tools and the business risks underneath.
April 27, 2026
Endpoint security fails 21% of the time. Ransomware is shutting down hospitals. A trusted security scanner was turned into a credential stealer. Here is what March 2026 looked like — and what every organization should do about it.
March 28, 2026
A deep dive into building a GPU-first, multi-agent AI architecture on consumer hardware — tiered inference, local vector search, and 10 autonomous agents running 24/7 on 15 watts.
March 27, 2026
Amazon S3 turned 20 this month. Lambda now runs Rust natively. Cerebras landed on Bedrock. Route 53 went global. And somewhere in your account, an abandoned bucket is quietly charging you. Let's talk about all of it.
March 26, 2026
Drone strikes on AWS data centers, S3 turning 20, and the Cerebras partnership — this week proved that cloud resilience isn't optional anymore. Here's what it means for your architecture.
March 26, 2026
A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to decoding your AWS bill — from the billing dashboard and Cost Explorer to hidden costs, commitment strategies, and FinOps best practices that actually save money.
March 25, 2026
This week in AI: NVIDIA dropped a trillion-dollar bomb at GTC, OpenAI shipped GPT-5.4 with native computer use, Anthropic put Claude on Mars, and the agentic AI era officially kicked off.
March 24, 2026
We ran our automated security scanner against 50 small business websites to see how they measure up. The results were eye-opening — and most of the issues take less than an hour to fix.
March 22, 2026
Most teams look at their AWS bill and see a number. But buried in those line items is a narrative about your architecture, your habits, and your blind spots. Here's how to read it.
March 19, 2026
You don't need a data science team or a massive budget to benefit from AI. Here are five practical automations that deliver immediate value.
March 12, 2026
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 is now in effect. Here's what it means for defense contractors, what's changed from 1.0, and how to prepare for certification.
March 12, 2026
Moving healthcare workloads to AWS requires careful planning around PHI protection. Here's a practical checklist covering every phase of a HIPAA-compliant migration.
March 7, 2026
Not every workload needs the same DR strategy. Here are four approaches ranked by cost and recovery time, with guidance on choosing the right one.
March 5, 2026
A single AWS account works until it doesn't. Here's when and how to adopt a multi-account strategy - and the mistakes to avoid along the way.
March 3, 2026
Your team's knowledge is trapped in wikis, docs, and people's heads. Here's how to build an AI chatbot that makes it searchable and useful.
February 26, 2026
Zero trust isn't a product you buy - it's an approach to security. Here's how mid-size companies can implement zero trust principles without enterprise-scale budgets.
February 19, 2026
A national advertising agency was paying for peak capacity around the clock. Here's how auto scaling tied to real campaign traffic patterns eliminated the waste - without touching ad-serving performance.
February 12, 2026
AWS's own framework for evaluating and improving your cloud architecture. Here's a practical guide to using it.
February 5, 2026
You don't need a SOC to have an incident response plan. Here's how to prepare for security incidents with a small team.
January 21, 2026
An advertising platform was running oversized instances and accumulating storage waste across S3 and EBS. Here's the systematic approach that cut their infrastructure costs - without changing a line of application code.
January 15, 2026
How to go from AI idea to working prototype in 2-4 weeks, without boiling the ocean.
January 11, 2026
What happens during a professional architecture review, and how to get the most value from the engagement.
January 1, 2026
Serverless isn't always the answer. Here's a practical guide to deciding when Lambda and friends make sense for your workloads.
December 17, 2025
Both tools manage infrastructure as code. Here's how to choose based on your team's needs, not vendor marketing.
December 2, 2025
AI introduces new security concerns that traditional frameworks don't cover. Here's what to watch for.
November 27, 2025
These ten AWS security configurations are commonly misconfigured. Audit them today to reduce your attack surface.
November 12, 2025
HIPAA requires it, but beyond compliance, a security risk assessment reveals vulnerabilities you didn't know existed.
November 2, 2025
Two common approaches to customizing AI models. Here's when to use each - and how to avoid expensive mistakes.
October 28, 2025
FinOps isn't just a finance initiative - it's an engineering practice that aligns cloud spending with business value.
October 18, 2025
NIST CSF isn't just for large enterprises. Here's how smaller organizations can use it to build a practical security program.
October 8, 2025
Understanding HIPAA breach notification requirements before you need them saves critical time when an incident occurs.
September 28, 2025
AWS offers two commitment-based discounts. Here's a practical guide to choosing the right one for your workloads.
September 23, 2025
Not every process benefits from AI. Here's a practical framework for identifying where AI creates real value versus where it's just hype.
September 18, 2025
Beyond the immediate technical impact, security incidents carry hidden costs that can affect your business for years.
September 10, 2025
Most SMBs overspend on AWS without realizing it. Here are the five most common mistakes we see - and practical fixes for each.
September 3, 2025