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Definition

AWS service for setting up and governing secure, multi-account AWS environments. Like having an automated system that sets up new offices with all security and compliance measures in place.

Real-World Example

Organizations use Control Tower to quickly establish new AWS accounts with pre-configured security guardrails.

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Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All are landing-zone approaches for setting up and governing multi-account/subscription environments with baseline security, identity, networking, and policy guardrails. AWS Control Tower is a managed AWS service that automates account vending and guardrails; other clouds provide reference architectures and policy/governance services that you assemble to achieve similar outcomes.

AWS
AWS Control Tower
AZ
Azure Landing Zones (Enterprise-Scale) + Azure Policy
GCP
Google Cloud Landing Zone (architecture) + Organization Policy Service
OCI
OCI Landing Zones

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