AWS Secure Landing Zone with Control Tower and AFT

Mastering AWS Landing Zones: Secure & Automated Cloud Infrastructure

Discover how to build and manage robust, secure cloud environments with AWS Landing Zones. This comprehensive course dives into the essential concepts and best practices for modern cloud deployments, addressing the challenges of scaling and security with large workloads.

Why AWS Landing Zones are Essential

In today's rapidly evolving cloud landscape, Landing Zones are becoming increasingly critical. Learn why they are the preferred approach for establishing a well-organized, secure, and scalable foundation for your AWS infrastructure. This course will equip you with the knowledge to overcome common cloud setup hurdles.

What You'll Learn: A Deep Dive into Landing Zones

This course provides a practical, hands-on approach to implementing AWS Landing Zones. You'll explore:

• Understanding the Landing Zone Concept: Gain a thorough understanding of what a Landing Zone is and its benefits.
• Addressing Current Cloud Setup Challenges: Identify and overcome common issues with traditional cloud deployments.
• Landing Zone Account Types: Explore different account types within a Landing Zone and their specific roles.
• Security Best Practices: Implement robust security measures to protect your multi-account environment.
• AWS Control Tower: Discover and leverage the power of AWS Control Tower for simplified management and governance.
• AWS Control Tower Account Factory for Terraform (AFT): Automate your Landing Zone creation with Infrastructure as Code.
• Workflow Overview: Understand the complete process, from problem identification to automated deployment.

Hands-on Implementation on AWS

This course focuses on practical application. You'll:

• Implement a Landing Zone using AWS Control Tower: Learn step-by-step how to deploy a Landing Zone from scratch.
• Configure Organizational Security: Utilize AWS services to establish a strong security posture across your organization.
• Automate with AWS Control Tower Account Factory for Terraform (AFT): Leverage Terraform to define and automate your Landing Zone infrastructure.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Script your account structure using Terraform for repeatable and consistent deployments.

Key AWS Services & Tools

Throughout this course, you'll gain experience with:

• AWS Organizations: Centralized management of multiple AWS accounts.
• AWS Control Tower: A service for setting up and managing a secure, multi-account AWS environment.
• AWS Service Catalog: A managed service catalog for approved applications and services.
• AWS Config: Track and assess the configurations of your AWS resources.
• AWS SNS: Simple Notification Service for reliable messaging.
• AWS Budgets: Manage and control your cloud spending.
• AWS KMS: Key Management Service for encryption key management.
• AWS CloudTrail: Audit and monitor your AWS account activity.
• AWS S3: Simple Storage Service for object storage.
• AWS IAM Access Analyzer: Identify and remediate unintended access to your AWS resources.
• AWS Security Hub: A centralized view of your security posture.
• AWS GuardDuty: Intelligent threat detection service.
• AWS Inspector: Automated security assessment service.
• AWS CodePipeline: Continuous integration and continuous delivery service.
• AWS Control Tower Account Factory for Terraform (AFT): Automate Landing Zone creation using Terraform.
• Terraform CLI: Command-line interface for Terraform.
• Terraform: Infrastructure as Code tool.
• AWS CLI: Command-line interface for AWS.
• Git: Version control system.
• GitHub: Web-based version control repository.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will:

• Have a fully functional and secure AWS Landing Zone.
• Understand how to automate Landing Zone deployments using AFT.
• Be able to script your account structure using Terraform.
• Implement a high level of security for your multi-account infrastructure.
• Apply AWS whitepaper best practices for cloud security and governance.

This course empowers you to build a solid foundation for your cloud journey with a well-structured, secure, and automated AWS Landing Zone.