Landing Zone
Building the Cloud Environment Correctly
Understanding Landing Zones
Section titled “Understanding Landing Zones”A landing zone is the structured cloud foundation that defines how your organization operates on STACKIT from day 1. It combines governance, identity, security, network design, cost controls, and automation into one coherent baseline.
Without this foundation, migration waves typically stall due to missing approvals, inconsistent controls, and repeated platform decisions.
Core components
Section titled “Core components”The following visual summarizes the core components that should be addressed for a reliable platform baseline. These six building blocks form a secure platform foundation:
- Account Governance — project structure, hierarchy, and ownership model
- Identity & Access Management — users, roles, and federated identity
- Security & Compliance — guardrails, policies, and compliance controls
- Network Architecture — segmentation, connectivity, and traffic control
- Cost Management and Control — tagging, budgets, and spend visibility
- Automation (IaC) — infrastructure as code, pipelines, and drift detection