A Sneak Peak into AWS Control Tower.

 

AWS Control Tower 

AWS Control Tower is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps organizations set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment based on AWS best practices AWS Control Tower orchestrates the capabilities of several other AWS services, including AWS Organizations, AWS Service Catalog, and AWS IAM Identity Center, to build a landing zone, which helps organizations adhere to best practices for security and compliance.

 Key Features

         Landing Zone Setup:

• Automated Environment: Set up a pre-configured, secure, multi-account AWS environment.
• Multi-Account Management: Enables the creation and management of multiple AWS accounts using AWS Organizations.

         Governance and Compliance:

• Guardrails: Implement pre-packaged governance rules (guardrails) to enforce policies. These include preventive (blocking actions) and detective (identifying actions) controls.
• Service Control Policies (SCPs): Apply permissions management across accounts to enforce compliance.

         Account Provisioning:

• Account Factory: Streamlines the provisioning of new AWS accounts with standardized configurations.

        Centralized Logging and Monitoring:

• AWS CloudTrail Integration: Logs all API activity across your AWS environment.
• AWS Config Integration: Tracks resource configurations and changes to ensure compliance.

         Single Sign-On (SSO):

• AWS SSO Integration: Provides single sign-on access to AWS accounts and applications.

Benefits

        Simplified Setup and Management:

• Reduces the complexity and time required to establish a multi-account AWS environment following best practices.

        Enhanced Security and Compliance:

• Enforces security policies and compliance through automated guardrails and SCPs.

        Operational Efficiency:

• Automates setup and governance, allowing IT teams to focus on higher-value tasks.

        Scalability:

• Facilitates the easy scaling of cloud environments, allowing quick provisioning of new accounts with consistent configurations.

        Cost Management:

• Provides visibility and governance over resources, aiding in cost optimization.

Control Tower Dashboard

The AWS Control Tower console provides a centralized interface to monitor and manage your multi-account AWS environment.

The dashboard provides you the status of Landing Zone.

You will be able to view the environment summary like number of OU and Accounts.

Dashboard provides you the details of enabled controls

The dashboard lists non-compliant resources.

The dashboard also provides information about the compliance status and the registration status of OU/Accounts.  

In addition, the AWS Control Tower console serves as the central hub for managing and overseeing your AWS Control Tower environment.