Enforcing compliance with administrative requirements relating to using computing resources

An apparatus, comprising:

• means for identifying one or more objects being used on one or more cloud computing platforms;
• means for receiving data describing the one or more objects;
• means for receiving one or more rules restricting the use of the one or more objects;
• means for searching for one or more violations of the one or more rules by comparing the received data to the rules;
• and
• means for executing, in response to identifying one or more violations, a response to the one or more violations.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and configured to cause the processor to initiate creating specific logic circuits within the processor, wherein the specific logic circuits are configured to cause the processor to initiate:
• identifying, with a computing device, one or more objects being used on one or more cloud computing platforms;
• receiving data describing the one or more objects;
• receiving one or more rules restricting the use of the one or more objects;
• searching for one or more violations of the one or more rules by comparing the received data to the rules;
• and
• executing, in response to identifying one or more violations, a response to the one or more violations.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:

• processor-executable instructions stored thereon configured to cause a processor to initiate:
• identifying, with a computing device, one or more objects being used on one or more cloud computing platforms;
• receiving data describing the one or more objects;
• receiving one or more rules restricting the use of the one or more objects;
• searching for one or more violations of the one or more rules by comparing the received data to the rules;
• and
• executing, in response to identifying one or more violations, a response to the one or more violations.