Cut implementation time by 70% while achieving full security compliance

Q: What happens if something goes wrong after handover?

If you are on one of our ongoing service tiers , we are available via Slack or GitHub Issues depending on your plan. If you chose to self-manage, you still own the full codebase and documentation. Any AWS engineer familiar with CDK can troubleshoot and resolve issues. The Landing Zone uses standard AWS services, so there is nothing proprietary that could block you.

For B2B startups and growing businesses that want to focus on building and deploying their products on AWS instead of managing multi-account complexity.

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The most common challenges we see with startups today that are running in the Cloud.

A few clicks in the AWS Console and you have your first app running in the Cloud.

But as you keep building, that single AWS account becomes a dumping ground for dev, staging, and production workloads.

Before you know it, your clean setup turns into an unmanageable mess.

AWS account that holds everything together

One mistake can take down everything

Without account separation, a bug in dev can break production. A security breach in one workload affects everything. The blast radius is massive.

You'll hit AWS service limits as you grow

Single accounts run into hard service limits. More resources mean more management overhead. What worked at 10 resources breaks at 100.

You can't tell what's actually costing you money

All your costs are mixed together. You can't track spending by team, project, or environment. Finding cost-saving opportunities is nearly impossible.

Security and compliance become a nightmare

Different workloads need different security policies, but you're stuck with one-size-fits-all. Meeting compliance requirements gets harder every day.

IAM permissions are a tangled web

Managing who can access what becomes incredibly complex. You either give too much access (risky) or too little (blocking your team).

There's a better way to build in the Cloud.

We've built a custom Landing Zone using Infrastructure as Code that gives you security, compliance, and automation from day one. Unlike AWS Control Tower which relies on ClickOps, costs $500/month, and offers basic guardrails you can't customize, our solution is written in AWS CDK and provides full customization control, enterprise-grade security, and costs 1/5th to run.

Explore the CDK Landing Zone

Organization Structure

Multi-Account Architecture

A well-architected AWS Organization structure with dedicated Management, Production, and Development Organizational Units (OUs). We separate accounts for critical functions like Security, Audit/Logging, and Shared Services following AWS best practices.

Dedicated Security Accounts

Log Archive Centralization

Workload Isolation

Now that you've seen what our CDK Landing Zone looks like, let's dive into the specific features and capabilities you'll get.

Every feature you need, right out of the box

From automated account provisioning to enterprise-grade security and compliance monitoring, our CDK Landing Zone includes everything you need to run production workloads with confidence on AWS Cloud. Explore the table below for a comprehensive list of all included features.

Security & Compliance

Centralized Root User Management

Enables centralized root user management and securely deletes all member account root users, reducing security risks and ensuring proper access control across the organization.

Enable EBS Encryption

Automatically enables encryption for all new EBS volumes in the account using a custom resource to enforce a secure-by-default storage policy.

S3 Block Public Access

Applies account-level S3 public access block settings to prevent accidental public exposure of S3 buckets and data.

Encrypted SNS Topic

Creates an SNS topic with encryption backed by a KMS key and tailored access policies to secure notification data and control subscriber access.

Set Account Password Policy

Enforces a robust IAM password policy with requirements like minimum length, expiration, reuse prevention, and complexity rules, thereby strengthening overall account security.

Secure Defaults

Applies security best practices by enforcing secure defaults. For global accounts, it blocks public S3 access and sets a strict account password policy; for regional deployments, it removes the default VPC, enables EBS encryption by default, and secures new VPCs' default security groups.

GuardDuty Deployment

Deploys Amazon GuardDuty with dual options: either enabling a delegated administrator account for centralized management or auto-configuring GuardDuty detectors along with organizational settings to automatically enable GuardDuty for all members.

CloudTrail Logging

Centralizes AWS CloudTrail logs and sets up CloudWatch alarms for key security events (such as unauthorized access and root-user activity) to enhance security monitoring.

Configuration Recorder

Captures and delivers AWS Config snapshots, enabling continuous tracking of configuration changes and ensuring compliance across environments.

Security Hub Management

Centralizes AWS Security Hub configuration across the organization by deploying aggregators, establishing organization-wide configuration policies for enabled and disabled standards, and associating these policies with the relevant organizational units.

AWS Config

Deploys AWS Config recording with integration to existing log archive and security accounts. It imports an SNS topic for notifications as well as an S3 bucket for storing AWS Config logs, ensuring that configuration changes and compliance events are centrally recorded and alerted upon.

Log Archive

Sets up a centralized logging architecture for both CloudTrail and AWS Config. This stackset provisions secure S3 buckets with access logs, lifecycle rules, and proper bucket policies to ensure compliance and effective log retention across the organization.

Centralized Alerts

Establishes centralized, encrypted SNS topics for alerting. It sets up topics for CloudTrail and AWS Config notifications, applying organization-based access controls and allowing the security team to receive timely alerts via email.

Automated Account Provisioning

CDK Bootstrap Stackset

Provisions the core bootstrap resources needed for CDK deployments. This includes an encrypted and versioned S3 bucket for file assets, an ECR repository for container images with automated image scanning and lifecycle rules, and preconfigured IAM roles.

Set Alternate Contact

Automatically configures alternate contacts (security, billing, operations) for new AWS accounts, ensuring that proper notifications and account management are in place.

Unsubscribe Marketing Mails

Automatically opts out new AWS accounts from receiving AWS marketing emails, helping maintain desired email preferences across the organization.

Close Account

Automates the closure of AWS accounts when they are moved to a suspended organizational unit, reducing manual intervention and mistakes.

Delete Default VPC

Removes the default VPC in newly created regions using a custom resource and Lambda, helping maintain a clean and secure AWS environment by eliminating unused resources.

Operations & Cost Optimizations

Cost Anomaly Monitoring

Detects unusual cost patterns across AWS services and sends immediate SNS notifications to ensure cost overruns are quickly addressed.

Budget Alerts

Sets up cost budgets with notifications for actual and forecasted spending that exceed defined thresholds, allowing proactive budget management.

Increase Service Quota

Automates requests for AWS service quota increases via a custom resource, ensuring resources are available as demand grows.

Infrastructure & Deployment

Detect StackSet Drift

Regularly checks for drift in CloudFormation StackSets using a scheduled Lambda function, maintaining the desired configuration state across your account.

GitHub Actions Pipeline

Provides a secure CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions to automatically deploy your infrastructure changes to AWS. Uses OIDC authentication for secure, credential-free deployments without storing long-lived AWS access keys.

AWS Organizations via Code

Create new AWS accounts, define organizational units, and apply Service Control Policies (SCPs) programmatically via AWS CDK, ensuring consistent governance across your entire organization.

Features comparison
Features	Description
Security & Compliance
Centralized Root User Management	Enables centralized root user management and securely deletes all member account root users, reducing security risks and ensuring proper access control across the organization.
Enable EBS Encryption	Automatically enables encryption for all new EBS volumes in the account using a custom resource to enforce a secure-by-default storage policy.
S3 Block Public Access	Applies account-level S3 public access block settings to prevent accidental public exposure of S3 buckets and data.
Encrypted SNS Topic	Creates an SNS topic with encryption backed by a KMS key and tailored access policies to secure notification data and control subscriber access.
Set Account Password Policy	Enforces a robust IAM password policy with requirements like minimum length, expiration, reuse prevention, and complexity rules, thereby strengthening overall account security.
Secure Defaults	Applies security best practices by enforcing secure defaults. For global accounts, it blocks public S3 access and sets a strict account password policy; for regional deployments, it removes the default VPC, enables EBS encryption by default, and secures new VPCs' default security groups.
GuardDuty Deployment	Deploys Amazon GuardDuty with dual options: either enabling a delegated administrator account for centralized management or auto-configuring GuardDuty detectors along with organizational settings to automatically enable GuardDuty for all members.
CloudTrail Logging	Centralizes AWS CloudTrail logs and sets up CloudWatch alarms for key security events (such as unauthorized access and root-user activity) to enhance security monitoring.
Configuration Recorder	Captures and delivers AWS Config snapshots, enabling continuous tracking of configuration changes and ensuring compliance across environments.
Security Hub Management	Centralizes AWS Security Hub configuration across the organization by deploying aggregators, establishing organization-wide configuration policies for enabled and disabled standards, and associating these policies with the relevant organizational units.
AWS Config	Deploys AWS Config recording with integration to existing log archive and security accounts. It imports an SNS topic for notifications as well as an S3 bucket for storing AWS Config logs, ensuring that configuration changes and compliance events are centrally recorded and alerted upon.
Log Archive	Sets up a centralized logging architecture for both CloudTrail and AWS Config. This stackset provisions secure S3 buckets with access logs, lifecycle rules, and proper bucket policies to ensure compliance and effective log retention across the organization.
Centralized Alerts	Establishes centralized, encrypted SNS topics for alerting. It sets up topics for CloudTrail and AWS Config notifications, applying organization-based access controls and allowing the security team to receive timely alerts via email.
Automated Account Provisioning
CDK Bootstrap Stackset	Provisions the core bootstrap resources needed for CDK deployments. This includes an encrypted and versioned S3 bucket for file assets, an ECR repository for container images with automated image scanning and lifecycle rules, and preconfigured IAM roles.
Set Alternate Contact	Automatically configures alternate contacts (security, billing, operations) for new AWS accounts, ensuring that proper notifications and account management are in place.
Unsubscribe Marketing Mails	Automatically opts out new AWS accounts from receiving AWS marketing emails, helping maintain desired email preferences across the organization.
Close Account	Automates the closure of AWS accounts when they are moved to a suspended organizational unit, reducing manual intervention and mistakes.
Delete Default VPC	Removes the default VPC in newly created regions using a custom resource and Lambda, helping maintain a clean and secure AWS environment by eliminating unused resources.
Operations & Cost Optimizations
Cost Anomaly Monitoring	Detects unusual cost patterns across AWS services and sends immediate SNS notifications to ensure cost overruns are quickly addressed.
Budget Alerts	Sets up cost budgets with notifications for actual and forecasted spending that exceed defined thresholds, allowing proactive budget management.
Increase Service Quota	Automates requests for AWS service quota increases via a custom resource, ensuring resources are available as demand grows.
Infrastructure & Deployment
Detect StackSet Drift	Regularly checks for drift in CloudFormation StackSets using a scheduled Lambda function, maintaining the desired configuration state across your account.
GitHub Actions Pipeline	Provides a secure CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions to automatically deploy your infrastructure changes to AWS. Uses OIDC authentication for secure, credential-free deployments without storing long-lived AWS access keys.
AWS Organizations via Code	Create new AWS accounts, define organizational units, and apply Service Control Policies (SCPs) programmatically via AWS CDK, ensuring consistent governance across your entire organization.

Check out our roadmap to see what we're building next.

It's all about speed and security

We setup a secure and compliant AWS landing zone in a few days, using best practice design principles that allows you to build on top of a solid foundation, all using Infrastructure as Code.

“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. We achieved a perfect security score in days, not months, and TTC's ongoing support has been invaluable.”

Galen Simmons

CEO & Founder | Accolade

Pass Rate on the CIS AWS Foundation Benchmark: 100%
To Provision New Secure Accounts: Minutes
Development Cycles with Secure Guardrails: Faster
Reduction in Cloud Spend Potential: 15%+

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Ready to get started? Here's what to expect

A straightforward process from kickoff to deployment and beyond. Here's how we'll build your production-ready AWS foundation together.

Step 1

Kickoff Call

We meet with you and your team (max 2 hours) to gather requirements and custom wishes. We discuss your current AWS setup, compliance needs, and how to get access to your AWS Organization so we can start building.

Key Deliverables

Requirements Gathering
Deployment Scope
AWS Org Access

Your Input

Up to 2-hour call with your team

Step 2

Deploy & Configure

We deploy your Landing Zone and configure it to meet your custom requirements. Your existing accounts are migrated into the new structure without downtime.

Key Deliverables

Landing Zone Deployment
Account Migration
Security Configuration

Step 3

Handover & Knowledge Transfer

We walk your team through the deployed infrastructure, showcase the Security Hub dashboard to confirm compliance, and explain how the codebase and CI/CD pipeline work so your team can operate it independently.

Key Deliverables

Full CDK Codebase in GitHub
CI/CD Pipeline
Compliance Verification
Team Walkthrough

Your Input

Review session

After Deployment

Choose Your Path

After deployment, you can manage the Landing Zone yourself or let us handle ongoing maintenance and optimization.

Self-Managed

Take full ownership and manage the Landing Zone with your own team.

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Full CDK codebase in your GitHub
Knowledge transfer session
No vendor lock-in
Security & feature updates
CDK construct library

RECOMMENDED

Ongoing Service

We keep your foundation secure, optimized, and evolving. Month-to-month, cancel anytime.

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Everything in Self-Managed
Security & feature updates
CDK construct library access
Cloud engineer retainer (Growth)
Security dashboard & FinOps (Growth)

Frequently
asked questions

Answers to common questions about our AWS CDK Landing Zone solution.

How is this different from AWS Control Tower?

Our Landing Zone is GitOps-first and ships with security and compliance baselines already configured. Control Tower still requires a lot of manual follow-up in the console to achieve the same posture. With our implementation, your infrastructure is version-controlled in CDK, changes flow through pull requests and CI/CD, and every account is compliant from the moment it is provisioned.

Will this disrupt our existing workloads?

No. We attach the Landing Zone to your existing AWS Organization and migrate accounts into the new structure without downtime. Your workloads keep running while we roll out guardrails gradually. Developers continue building with the tools they already know while the foundation improves around them.

How long does the deployment take?

We start with a kickoff call (up to 2 hours) to gather requirements and discuss access. From there, the core Landing Zone is typically deployed within one week. The final handover and knowledge transfer session follows shortly after, so your team is confident operating it independently.

Do we need to pause development during deployment?

No. Your developers keep shipping while we work in parallel. The Landing Zone is deployed alongside your existing setup, and accounts are migrated without affecting running services. There is no freeze window and no downtime.

What if we need changes after deployment?

The entire Landing Zone is built with native AWS CDK and lives in your GitHub repository. Your team can modify OU structures, Service Control Policies, security controls, and account configurations through pull requests. The architecture scales to hundreds of accounts, so it grows with you. If you want our help, our ongoing service tiers include a cloud engineer retainer for exactly this.

What happens if something goes wrong after handover?

If you are on one of our ongoing service tiers, we are available via Slack or GitHub Issues depending on your plan. If you chose to self-manage, you still own the full codebase and documentation. Any AWS engineer familiar with CDK can troubleshoot and resolve issues. The Landing Zone uses standard AWS services, so there is nothing proprietary that could block you.

What does the pricing look like?

The one-time Landing Zone deployment starts from $9,950. Final pricing depends on the number of accounts, regions, and any custom requirements we scope during the kickoff call. Optional ongoing services start from $399/month. See our pricing page for the full breakdown.

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Cut implementation time by 70% while achieving full security compliance