CLD / CLD-01
Secure cloud foundations — landing zone
Build consistent cloud foundations before projects multiply: environment separation, identity, networking, logs, security and spending control. A landing zone establishes guardrails without automatically securing every application.
WHEN IT HELPS
A focused response
to a defined need.
First cloud migration, proliferation of accounts without standards, a new subsidiary or a shared framework for teams deploying resources.
SCOPE & OUTCOMES
What the engagement covers.
Scope
- Account/project structure
- roles
- networking
- policies
- central logging
- encryption
- automated deployment
- budgets
- production/test separation
- exception process
Deliverables
- Target architecture
- infrastructure code if included
- guardrail catalogue
- environment-provisioning procedure
- tests
- exception register
- operating model
Acceptance evidence
A new environment is provisioned reproducibly; controls are tested; logs reach appropriate roles; budgets and alerts are configured; cloud/customer responsibilities are documented.
DELIVERY
How the work is structured.
Approach
Inventory accounts and use; clarify responsibilities; design policies; pilot; test and deploy; organise drift, exceptions and operations.
Prerequisites & responsibilities
Customer: tenant/account access, billing, data owners, administrators and residency constraints. Provider: architecture and configuration under shared responsibility.
Scope factors
Clouds, accounts, regions, resources, tenants, clusters, connectors and automation maturity. Consumption, transfers, storage and licenses are separate from the service.
Questions to clarify
Which provider and regions? Who creates accounts and resources? Which data, residency constraints and spending limits apply?
IMPORTANT BOUNDARIES
Responsibility is shared with the provider and varies by service. A configured cloud budget is not necessarily a hard spending cap; mechanisms must be tested.
Capabilities vary by edition, region and availability status. A posture score is neither certification nor a guarantee of complete detection.
IN PRACTICE
Illustrative situations.
These examples describe possible engagements and target outcomes. They are not customer references or achieved results.
Scenario 01
A company deploys its first cloud services. Project: prepare separate environments and central identity before migration. Target outcome: reusable foundations with business exceptions explicitly decided rather than silently added.
Scenario 02
A group has independently managed cloud accounts. Project: define a common structure and migrate controls gradually. Target outcome: shared governance; accounts not yet integrated remain visible in the transition plan.
Technology and reference context
Examples: AWS, Azure or Google Cloud foundations and declarative infrastructure tools, depending on environment and validated capabilities.
The final technology set is agreed during scoping, based on interoperability, licensing, access rights and operating requirements.
CONNECTED SERVICES
Build the next step.
These services can complement the engagement. They are not automatically included.
START A CONVERSATION
Make the scope clear.
We will clarify the objective, dependencies and responsibilities of this service before proposing delivery.