Access Management

Start Right with Keystone and SSO integration by default. This approach simplifies the complexities of multi-account environments, applying the principle of least privilege which provides precise control for your product teams.

Cost & Billing Oversight

Providing clear visibility for cloud spending to track and optimise resource usage, aligning your cloud architecture with your business goals. Automated cost control mechanisms help avoid overspending, allowing you to reallocate resources efficiently.

Documentation

Keystone features a dynamic documentation hub that automatically updates as your infrastructure evolves, providing your team with accurate, up-to-date information to enhance your product teams productivity.

Notifications

Multi-channel notification integrations deliver messages and alerts in real time, informing your team of critical updates and potential issues. This proactive approach enhances operational efficiency and reduces downtime.

Compliance

Your foundation infrastructure as code is compliance tested from the outset. Be assured you're starting right with solid compliance practices such as encryption where applicable, tighter IAM controls, and cloud trail auditing enabled across your multi-environment, multi-region accounts.

Security

Security features include Service Control Policies (SCPs) , IAM, secured gateways, SSL Certs, Secrets Management, MFA, secured networks.

FAQ

What is Keystone?

Keystone is a Landing Zone Accelerator designed by FIRSTBLOX to streamline the creation and maintenance of cloud foundations on AWS. Keystone provides a secure, compliant, and scalable foundation from which to build the companies of tomorrow. What is an LZA? Check out this explainer video.

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How does Keystone support multi-account, multi-region environments?

Keystone automates the setup and management of multi-account, multi-region environments using AWS Infrastructure as Code via the CDK, ensuring each account is consistently structured and securely governed across your organisation.

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How does Keystone enforce security standards?

Every aspect of Keystone is designed with security best practices in mind. From IAM configurations and encrypted data stores to network setups, your infrastructure is protected from the start.

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How quickly can Keystone be implemented?

Keystone can be deployed in as little as one week, providing a fast and dependable setup for your cloud infrastructure. This allows you to concentrate on delivering value to your customers. We set up, train, and transfer knowledge to ensure your teams can operate with confidence. Additionally, we offer retainer support and continuity packages.

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How does Keystone adapt to our changing business needs?

Keystone is designed to be adaptable, providing a foundational set of infrastructure capabilities that can be easily reconfigured and expanded using FIRSTBLOX's infrastructure building blocks or customised by your team

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Does Keystone support global deployment?

Absolutely. Keystone supports deployment across multiple regions and accounts, ensuring consistent infrastructure and governance, no matter where your operations are based. This global reach allows you to expand confidently and securely.

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Does Keystone provide cost management reporting?

Yes, Keystone includes robust cost management reporting that offers detailed insights into your cloud spending. These reports help you track and analyse resource usage, providing your organisation with financial oversight

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What kind of support does FIRSTBLOX offer with Keystone?

Keystone automates the setup and management of multi-account environments using AWS Infrastructure as Code via the CDK (IaC), ensuring each account is consistently structured and securely governed across your organisation. See our Cloudcare offering for more information.

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Miura

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As our business began to ramp up we needed to build a secure Cloud Platform to service our customers (financial institutions). After meeting to discuss our goals, FIRSTBLOX recommended a clear approach to laying our cloud foundation and building our architecture. They then engineered solutions that saved us countless time, money, and effort. They’re a great fit if you’re looking for solid skills and experience working in the AWS Cloud. I highly recommend them if you’re starting or scaling a product company.

Alex Martin

CEO

CourtsDesk

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Work commenced promptly and was carried out in the most professional manner, being fully transparent with regular updates and detailed documentation of all decisions and deliverables maintained. The team really went above and beyond, meeting every one of our requirements and more. The infrastructure-as-code is clean and carefully crafted and since the handover, which itself was meticulously planned and documented, we have found it remarkably easy to take ownership of what is quite a large and sophisticated platform. As a small start-up with a limited budget, huge demands on our human resources, and no dedicated in-house cloud specialist, taking on any significant infrastructure project is daunting. Firstblox made it easy. We will have no hesitation about calling on them again in the future

Alan Larkin

CTO

ProLink

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We worked with firstblox to create a new quotation calculator product for the international market. The team recommended and implemented solutions that immediately resonated with our approach to business. It’s great, we pay very little in operational costs and the solution is exactly what we needed to scale and grow the product on a global basis

Brendan Mulhern

Director