AWS Control Tower
AWS Control Tower provides the easiest way to set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment, called a Landing Zone. It sits on top of AWS Organizations and automates the setup of best practices.
Key Features
- Landing Zone: A pre-configured, secure, multi-account environment.
- Guardrails: High-level rules that provide ongoing governance (Preventive and Detective).
- Account Factory: Automates the provisioning of new accounts with built-in baselines.
- Dashboard: Centralized view of compliance across your organization.
Exam Tips
- "Automate multi-account setup": Answer is Control Tower.
- "Landing Zone": Answer is Control Tower.
- "Guardrails": Answer is Control Tower.
- "Best Practices for Organizations": Control Tower implements these automatically.
Common Use Cases
- New Organization Setup: Starting with a secure foundation.
- Governance at Scale: Enforcing policies across hundreds of accounts without manual effort.
- Quick Account Provisioning: Allowing teams to create compliant accounts via Service Catalog.