What is a Landing Zone?
An AWS Landing Zone is a well-architected, pre-configured, multi-account AWS environment designed to provide a secure, scalable, and governed foundation for running workloads in the cloud.
It sets up an environment that follows AWS best practices from day one — including account structure, identity and access management, network configuration, logging, monitoring, and security controls.
The goal is to help organisations move quickly while ensuring they maintain control, security, and governance as they scale.
Key Benefits of an AWS Landing Zone:
✅ Standardisation
Establishes a consistent environment across accounts and workloads.
Ensures policies, configurations, and guardrails are applied uniformly.
✅ Efficiency
Automates the setup of accounts, security controls, and baseline services.
Saves time by reducing manual, error-prone processes.
✅ Security & Compliance
Embeds security controls and guardrails from the start.
Simplifies adherence to governance frameworks and regulatory requirements.
Centralises logging and monitoring for better visibility and faster response.
✅ Cost Management
Facilitates account-level cost tracking and tagging.
Makes it easier to manage budgets, optimise usage, and reduce waste.
✅ Confidence
Provides a solid, proven foundation aligned with AWS best practices.
Gives teams confidence that their environment is secure, well-governed, and ready for production workloads.
✅ Scalability
Designed to support growth — easily accommodates additional workloads, teams, and accounts.
Enables separation of workloads and environments (e.g. dev, test, prod) without sacrificing governance or control.
Ideal for both new and existing AWS customers, an AWS Landing Zone is a best-practice framework for quickly establishing a secure, scalable, multi-account AWS environment. It gives organisations a standardised and efficient way to deploy workloads while maintaining strong security, governance, cost control, and scalability — allowing teams to move fast without losing confidence or control as their cloud environment grows.
Pre-built Landing Zone means rapid deployment.
Using Infrastructure-as-code we are able to quickly deploy a new Landing Zone for your new or existing AWS workloads.
Focusing on the core foundations and principals of the AWS Well Architected Framework’s Security Pillar, our Landing Zone is the starting point for all our work including migration, new build, and optimisation/modernisation projects..
Use all the key security tools at AWS
AWS provides the tools to secure your cloud infrastructure. Our AWS Landing Zone uses these tools to establish the foundational security protocols for your AWS services.
Our experience delivers results
Case Study: SafeMate
Habitat3 enabled healthcare app, SafeMate, to continue to grow their business with confidence by creating a more secure and scalable cloud platform using their expertise in AWS Cloud Infrastructure Management Services. Habitat3 deployed a secure AWS Landing Zone and migrated SafeMate's Accounts into that highly secure environment. They also updated unsupported and high-risk workloads to ensure security patches could be applied and the workloads could be secured long-term. This secure and stable environment has given SafeMate the confidence to expand their business into new territories.
FAQs
01.
What is an AWS Landing Zone?
An AWS Landing Zone is a well-architected , multi-account AWS environment that serves as a secure and scalable foundation for deploying workloads and applications. It encompasses best practices in account structure, identity and access management, governance, data security, network design, and logging.
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How does Habitat3's AWS Landing Zone enhance security?
Habitat3's AWS Landing Zone leverages AWS security tools such as AWS Organizations, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Config, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS CloudWatch, and AWS Security Hub to establish foundational security protocols, ensuring a robust and secure cloud infrastructure.
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What are the benefits of implementing Habitat3's AWS Landing Zone?
Implementing Habitat3's AWS Landing Zone provides a secure and scalable environment, rapid deployment through tested automations, alignment with AWS Well-Architected Framework's Security Pillar, and a strong foundation for future cloud projects, including migrations, new builds, and optimisations.
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Is Habitat3's AWS Landing Zone suitable for existing AWS customers?
Yes, Habitat3's AWS Landing Zone is designed for both new and existing AWS customers, simplifying the implementation of foundational security protocols and enhancing the security posture of current AWS environments.
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How does Habitat3's experience benefit clients implementing an AWS Landing Zone?
With extensive experience in AWS Cloud Infrastructure Management Services, Habitat3 delivers secure and scalable cloud platforms tailored to your business needs, as demonstrated in successful projects like the SafeMate case study.
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Can Habitat3 support my cloud services ongoing?
Yes, with our Managed Services, you’ll be able to hand any updates, technical glitches and servicing of your cloud infrastructure over to us, and remove it from your workload. Our Managed Services customers always remark on our responsiveness and support.