AWS Evidence
Cost telemetry
Thirty-day spend and evidenced waste, both priced from the account's own billing data rather than from any assumed rate.
What it is
Two figures: 30-day spend, and waste evidenced from resources that are demonstrably idle.
What counts as waste
Unattached storage volumes, unassociated static IP addresses, and snapshots stale beyond a year. Each item carries the evidence that produced it.
How GovIntel prices it
From the account's own billing data, never from a hardcoded rate or a percentage of spend. Billing usage types isolate the spend each waste class draws from.
What the null case means
When no idle resources are found, waste is zero. When every probe fails, waste is null and the cost domain is reported as not assessed rather than treated as zero waste, which would score full marks.
What it does not mean
It is not a cost optimisation review. It does not right-size, model reserved capacity, or analyse architecture.