Higher Education Cloud Governance
An anonymized Larkinized engagement illustrating EA value in government.
Client Context
A public university system migrating student and research workloads to cloud. Larkinized engaged with CIO and business sponsors across government.
Challenge
FERPA concerns; research data classification uneven; shadow IT in departments.
Approach
Cloud governance framework; landing zones; research vs administrative separation.
Architecture Decisions
Approved service catalog; data classification tags; hybrid identity standard.
Outcomes
Eighty percent policy-compliant workloads; reduced shadow spend.
Lessons Learned
Faculty engagement via research-friendly paths—not blanket denial.
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