Governance in the AWS Cloud
As organizations scale, governing AWS accounts, services, and software licenses becomes challenging. AWS provides services to help enforce governance rules and meet company requirements: Control Tower, Service Catalog, and License Manager.
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Governance Services
AWS Control Tower
Enforce and manage governance rules for security, operations, and compliance at scale across all your organizations and accounts.
- Use preconfigured controls to quickly set up multi-account environments
- Built-in automation and third-party software integration
- Quickly deploy applications and provision compliant accounts
Key Features
- Dashboard: Continuous oversight to see provisioned accounts and detect noncompliant resources
- Account Factory: Configurable template that standardizes new account provisioning
- Controls: High-level rules (guardrails) that provide governance for your AWS environment
- Landing Zone: Well-architected multi-account environment based on best practices
AWS Service Catalog
Create, share, and organize a curated catalog of approved AWS resources. Deploy baseline networking and security tools for new accounts to govern consistently.
- Quickly find and deploy approved, self-service cloud resources
- Improve governance over resources across multiple accounts
- Provision resources, apply access controls, and accelerate CI/CD pipelines
AWS License Manager
Manage software licenses and fine-tune licensing costs. With the Bring Your Own License (BYOL) model, you can use existing vendor licenses on AWS services like EC2 Dedicated Hosts and Amazon WorkSpaces.
- Visibility and control over license usage
- Track and manage licenses across accounts
- Reduce noncompliance risk by enforcing license limits and blocking unauthorized launches
- Automate distribution and activation of software entitlements
