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Secure landing zone

An audit-ready foundation on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud — identity, network, policy, logging and cost controls — delivered as code you own.

Typical timing
4–8 weeks
Engagement
Fixed scope
Delivery framework
User researchDiscoveryAlphaBetaLive
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Objective

Stand up the cloud foundation every workload will sit on, done once and done properly: account structure, identity, networking, guardrails, logging, backup and budgets, all as infrastructure as code so it can be reviewed, versioned and rebuilt.

You may need this if

  • Cloud accounts grew organically and nobody trusts the structure
  • An audit or certification needs evidence of cloud controls
  • Product teams wait weeks for new environments
How it runs

Activities, step by step

The plan follows our delivery framework. Steps that do not apply to this kind of work are left out rather than padded.

  1. 02 · Discovery1–2 weeks

    Requirements and design

    • Security, compliance and residency requirements captured
    • Account or subscription hierarchy and network topology designed
    • Guardrail and tagging policy agreed
  2. 03 · Alpha2–3 weeks

    Build as code

    • Landing zone deployed with Terraform, OpenTofu or Bicep
    • Identity federation, least privilege and break-glass access
    • Central logging, threat detection and backup
  3. 04 · Beta1–2 weeks

    Validate

    • Controls tested against CIS benchmarks
    • A pilot workload deployed end to end
    • Budgets, alerts and cost allocation verified
  4. 05 · Live1 week

    Hand over

    • Vending process for new environments
    • Runbooks and training for platform owners
    • Drift detection switched on

Deliverables

What you keep at the end.

  • Landing zone as infrastructure as code, in your repository
  • Identity, network and guardrail configuration
  • Compliance evidence mapped to CIS, ISO 27001 or Cyber Essentials
  • Environment vending process
  • Architecture documentation and runbooks

Outcomes

What it is built to change.

  • A foundation that passes audit on day one
  • New environments in hours, not weeks
  • Cost visible by team and product from the start

Often combined with

Every engagement starts with a 45-minute working session with the SME who would own the work. No deck.

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