Introduction

Cloud providers offer baseline landing zone frameworks, but successful implementation requires strategic customization tailored to an organization’s specific security, compliance, operations, and cost-management needs. Treating a landing zone as a turnkey solution can lead to security gaps and operational inefficiencies. Instead, enterprises should carefully design and continuously refine their landing zones to build a secure, scalable, and efficient foundation for cloud adoption.

Planning Factors for Enterprise Cloud Landing Zone

When designing a cloud landing zone, organizations must carefully evaluate the following key factors to establish a robust and efficient foundation before deploying business applications to the new cloud platform: