Towards The Cloud

AWS foundations that keep teams shipping.

For B2B SaaS startups and scaleups. We assess, harden, and automate your AWS environment so your team can focus on shipping features, not on security debt, cost sprawl, or audit panic.

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SOC 2 ready

100% CIS-compliant accounts from day one, no 6-month build.

Ship faster

Automated provisioning and CI/CD. New environments in minutes.

No vendor lock-in

Built with AWS CDK. You own and extend every line of code.

Landing zone blueprint
AWS landing zone architecture blueprint

A CDK-based multi-account foundation with security guardrails baked in.

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How cloud sprawl starts

How AWS environments drift over time

AWS rarely breaks all at once. It drifts. Environments blur together, responsibilities get fuzzy, and cost and security issues start showing up in places your team no longer has time to inspect.

Day 1

The honeymoon phase

One AWS account. Fast deployments. Console clicks feel harmless because the environment still feels easy to hold in one person's head.

Month 6 to year 1

The silent sprawl

More engineers join, new environments appear, and ownership blurs. IAM exceptions accumulate, spend creeps upward, and production starts depending on tribal knowledge.

Year 1 and beyond

The complexity wall

Security findings pile up, audits stall, and teams slow down because nobody trusts the platform. At that point you're no longer building cleanly. You're patching around a weak foundation.

The reset

This slide is preventable.

An assessment shows whether the pressure comes from an isolated issue or from the AWS foundation itself, so you can fix the right layer first.

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Start with an assessment

Every engagement starts with an assessment

Pick the assessment that matches your symptom. We find the root cause and recommend the right fix, a targeted remediation or a Landing Zone rebuild.

AWS Security Review

A focused audit of your AWS posture against the controls that matter for real teams and real audits.

  • Security findings with severity and business impact
  • CIS benchmark coverage across accounts and environments
  • A remediation roadmap your team can actually execute
  • SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS readiness signals
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AWS Cost Optimization

A line-by-line review of your spend to find the waste, drift, and automation gaps driving the bill.

  • Savings opportunities with concrete next actions
  • Recommendations for RI, Savings Plans, and right-sizing
  • Waste detection across orphaned or duplicated resources
  • A prioritized plan for durable cost control
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Rene Molenaar, Founder of NetworkLessons.com

Rene Molenaar

Founder, NetworkLessons.com

From assessment to full migration

"Danny redesigned my AWS stack around best practices and made the whole environment far easier to maintain."

That started with an assessment and continued through a full migration from ClickOps to infrastructure as code.

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Foundation, not patches

When the foundation is the problem, we rebuild it from scratch

Isolated findings can be fixed in place. But when account structure, security controls, or platform ownership are the root cause, patches stop working. The Landing Zone rebuilds the foundation from the ground up, with continuous monitoring and ongoing engineering support included.

AWS organization structure for a multi-account landing zone
Multi-account baseline

AWS Landing Zone

When the assessment shows structural problems, we rebuild the account model, guardrails, and automation around a clean AWS foundation.

Built for

CIS, SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS controls

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Testimonials

What teams say after we ship

Five-star Google reviews from customers and their engineering teams who hired us for landing zones, security reviews, and cost cleanup.

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Rene Molenaar
5 reviews
12 months ago
I had a fantastic experience with the service provided by Towards the Cloud. I had previously built my infrastructure using the AWS GUI and CloudFormation, but it had become outdated and difficult to maintain over time. Danny expertly evaluated my existing stack and completely redesigned it following AWS best practices. He implemented a modern multi-account architecture with separate environments for production and development, which has greatly improved our security posture and deployment workflow. Danny built everything using CDK in TypeScrip
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I had a fantastic experience with the service provided by Towards the Cloud. I had previously built my infrastructure using the AWS GUI and CloudFormation, but it had become outdated and difficult to maintain over time. Danny expertly evaluated my existing stack and completely redesigned it following AWS best practices. He implemented a modern multi-account architecture with separate environments for production and development, which has greatly improved our security posture and deployment workflow. Danny built everything using CDK in TypeScript and set up a GitHub CI/CD pipeline. The entire infrastructure is now defined as code, making it incredibly simple to maintain. Everything stays up-to-date automatically through the pipeline, eliminating the manual work and potential errors from my previous setup. I highly recommend Towards the Cloud for anyone looking to migrate or modernize their AWS environment!
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Chun Lai
13 reviews
over 1 year ago
Working with Danny is always a pleasure! His expertise in AWS and cloud technologies is truly remarkable. Danny’s result-oriented approach and professionalism stand out in every project. Highly recommend collaborating with him for outstanding results!
Pricing

Start with the right AWS assessment.

The intro call is free. We use it to understand your AWS environment, recommend the right assessment, and confirm the fixed price before any paid work starts.

Assessments start at $495

The pricing page helps you compare assessment tracks across security, cost, migration, Well-Architected reviews, and AWS foundation work. Use it to see which service matches the problem you want to solve.

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  • Find out whether the issue is isolated or structural
  • Get a roadmap your team can implement internally
  • Scope targeted remediation when you want us to fix the findings
  • Move to the Landing Zone when the AWS foundation is the blocker
  • Add support when your team lacks AWS platform capacity

The Landing Zone is the full foundation path when the assessment shows recurring account, security, automation, or operating problems. See the foundation path.

"We achieved a perfect security score in days, not months."

Before Towards the Cloud, we received a variety of proposals to provision our AWS landing zone. Danny's solution and AWS expertise stood out with comprehensive accelerators, documentation, and clearly articulated design principles. The ongoing support has been invaluable.

Galen Simmons, Founder of Accolade
Galen Simmons
CEO & Founder | Accolade
Before you book

Questions before
the first call

Do we need to know which assessment to book?

No. Start with the free intro call. We use that conversation to understand your AWS setup, requirements, constraints, and goals, then recommend the assessment that fits best.

What happens on the intro call?

We discuss what is happening in your AWS environment, what needs to improve, and whether the next step should be a security review, cost assessment, Well-Architected review, migration assessment, EU cloud migration assessment, or AWS foundation assessment.

Is the assessment fixed price?

Yes. Once we agree on the assessment scope, the assessment itself is fixed price. Larger environments, multi-account setups, or broader reviews may need a larger scope, but you know the assessment price before paid work starts.

What does the assessment actually deliver?

You get findings specific to your AWS environment, ranked by business impact, with a remediation roadmap your team can use. Depending on the assessment, that can include security gaps, cost-saving actions, migration risks, Well-Architected issues, or foundation improvements.

Can we use the roadmap ourselves?

Yes. If you want to handle the fixes internally, you only pay for the assessment. The roadmap is yours to use with your own engineering team.

What if we want you to fix the findings?

After the assessment, we can provide a separate implementation estimate based on the findings, account structure, environment size, and amount of remediation required.

When does the Landing Zone make sense?

It makes sense when the assessment shows repeated foundation problems: account sprawl, unclear IAM boundaries, inconsistent logging, manual security controls, or platform work that keeps pulling developers away from building the product. Learn more about the AWS Landing Zone.

Are we locked in after the assessment?

No. You can stop after the assessment, implement the roadmap yourself, ask us to fix specific findings, or scope a larger foundation project. The assessment does not force the next step.

First conversation

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In 30 minutes, we'll discuss your AWS environment, requirements, and constraints. From there, we'll recommend the right next step: an assessment, targeted remediation, or a deeper foundation conversation.

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