Altron - AWS Landing Zone Configuration

Altron Digital Business ensures that your AWS Landing Zone configuration is setup to be secure, scalable, and standardized foundation for your business and cloud operations.

Key Features of our LandingZone service includes:

1. Governance and Security • Centralized Governance Framework: Policies and guardrails to enforce compliance across accounts, projects, or environments. • Identity and Access Management (IAM): Role-based access controls, single sign-on (SSO), and integration with identity providers. • Secure Network Architecture: Configures Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) or Virtual Networks with subnets, firewalls, and routing policies. • Data Protection: Enforces encryption at rest and in transit, along with secure storage practices. • Audit and Logging: Centralized logging services (e.g., AWS CloudTrail) for security and compliance monitoring.

2. Multi-Account/Project Management • Account/Project Structure: Frameworks for organizing environments, such as production, development, and testing, or for separating business units. • Cross-Account Networking: Secure connectivity across accounts or projects through peering, shared VPCs, or hub-and-spoke models. • Centralized Billing: Aggregated billing and cost management across multiple accounts or projects.

3. Automation and Standardization • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Templates for provisioning resources using tools (AWS CloudFormation. • Blueprints/Configurations: Pre-configured templates for workloads, environments, and applications to ensure consistency. • Automated Onboarding: Simplified setup for new accounts, projects, or environments.

4. Monitoring and Observability • Centralized Monitoring: Dashboards for health monitoring using services Amazon CloudWatch). • Logging and Alerts: Real-time alerts and event notifications to track issues. • Anomaly Detection: Integrated tools for identifying abnormal activity patterns.

5. Cost Optimization • Budget Tracking: Tools for setting budgets and tracking expenditures. • Tagging Policies: Enforced tagging for resource categorization and cost allocation. • Idle Resource Management: Identification of unused or underutilized resources.

6. Networking and Connectivity • Hybrid Connectivity: Integration with on-premises environments through VPN or Direct Connect/Interconnect. • High Availability: Design for redundancy and failover with multi-region or multi-zone architectures. • Shared Services Access: Centralized services like DNS, directory services, and CI/CD pipelines.

7. Compliance and Auditability • Pre-Built Compliance Controls: Configuration aligned with standards like ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, or SOC 2. • Audit Readiness: Centralized logging and reporting tools for regulatory compliance. • Policy Enforcement: Managed policies using tools like AWS Organizations Service Control Policies (SCPs)..

8. Scalability and Flexibility • Elastic Infrastructure: Configurations that adapt to changing workloads and business requirements. • Multi-Cloud/Hybrid Cloud Support: Integrations with other clouds or on-premises systems. • Future-Proof Design: Frameworks for adopting emerging technologies and services.

9. Shared Services Hub • Centralized Services: Common services such as authentication, logging, monitoring, and network management. • Reusable Modules: Shared infrastructure templates or components for consistency.

10. Self-Service Enablement • Service Catalog: Self-service provisioning of pre-approved resources or workloads. • Developer Tools Integration: Integration with CI/CD pipelines, artifact repositories, and other developer workflows.