Fix It or Flag It - Automating Idle Resource Cleanup at Scale

Idle resources are one of the most persistent (and expensive) problems in cloud cost management. From unattached volumes to forgotten dev environments, they slip through the cracks, silently inflating your bill.

In this hands-on clinic, we’ll walk through how leading FinOps and platform teams are automating the entire idle resource lifecycle, at scale.

This session will be led by Yulia Perlis, VP FinOps at CloudZone, who brings deep, real-world experience working across hundreds of cloud environments.

Together, we’ll explore:

• Why idle resources are so hard to eliminate manually

• What needs to exist before you can automate cleanup

• Real-world automation workflows: detect, flag, notify, and clean

• A live walkthrough of how it’s running in production today

This isn’t another theory drop or dashboard tour. It’s a technical walkthrough built for people doing the actual work of FinOps.