AWS Control Tower
The easiest way to set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment
Overview
AWS Control Tower provides the easiest way to set up and govern a new, secure, multi-account AWS environment based on best practices established through AWS's experience working with thousands of enterprises. It automates the setup of a landing zone, which includes AWS Organizations, AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO), and service control policies (SCPs).
✨ Key Features
- Automated landing zone setup
- Centralized governance and compliance
- Guardrails (preventive and detective controls)
- Account Factory for provisioning new accounts
- Centralized logging and auditing
- Dashboard for visibility
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Prescriptive, best-practices based approach
- Fully managed service abstracting away underlying service complexity
- Automated guardrail deployment for continuous compliance
Unique Value: Drastically reduces the time and effort required to set up a secure, compliant, and scalable multi-account AWS environment, from months to hours.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Setting up a well-architected multi-account structure for a large enterprise
- Enforcing security policies across an entire organization
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Managing a single AWS account
- Organizations with highly customized, pre-existing multi-account setups (can be complex to adopt)
🏆 Alternatives
Provides a more opinionated and automated setup than manually configuring AWS Organizations and other services, ensuring a best-practice foundation from the start.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (AWS Business Support tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: No additional charge for Control Tower. You pay for the AWS services it configures (e.g., AWS Config, CloudTrail).
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