Carbide Cloud Monitoring is a continuous cloud security monitoring tool that supports organizations in designing, reviewing, implementing, and validating secure cloud environments on AWS and Microsoft Azure. It follows Carbide's DRIVE (Design, Review, Implement, Validate, and Evolve) methodology. The tool provides automated and on-demand cloud security gap analysis across six critical areas: Logging & Monitoring, Identity & Access Management, Infrastructure Security, Data Protection & Encryption, Backup & Resiliency, and Cost and Usage. It evaluates environments against 400+ security checks and best practices. For AWS environments, it supports automated AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews with approximately 90% coverage for the Security Pillar, and partial coverage for other pillars, surfacing recommendations for security, performance, and cost optimization. Pre-built configuration packages and guided walkthroughs are available for common AWS deployments, including enabling security and logging services, backups and disaster recovery, networking, compliance monitoring, and IAM event tracking. Remediation guidance is provided through CLI and CloudFormation templates generated for the specific environment. A threat management dashboard tracks progress against 400+ security best practices. The tool also supports compliance monitoring across more than a dozen frameworks and regulations, including SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, with automated evidence collection for both AWS and Azure environments.