Level-Up Your Landing Zone: Upgrading AWS Control Tower to v3.3 & Using the New Enabled Controls API for Continuous Gap Analysis

The AWS Control Tower team has been shipping features at a blistering pace this year. Two stand-outs landed in May 2025:

  • Centralized “Enabled Controls” view in the console, a one-stop dashboard that lists every preventive, detective, and proactive control you’ve switched on across all OUs and accounts. Amazon Web Services, Inc.
  • 233 new AWS Config-backed controls plus automatic baseline-drift reporting to surface deviations from best practice as they happen. docs.aws.amazon.com

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Deploy a Custom Provider with Terraform

Creating and deploying a custom provider with Terraform is a relatively simple process, but it can be time-consuming if you’re new to the platform. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the steps necessary to create and deploy a custom provider, as well as discuss some of the more advanced features and techniques that you can use to make your provider more powerful and effective.

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Designing and Implementing Cloud Architectures

The rise of cloud computing has fundamentally changed the way businesses and organizations operate, providing access to scalable and flexible computing resources on demand. As a result, designing and implementing effective cloud architectures has become a critical skill for IT professionals. In this article, we will explore the key principles and best practices for designing and implementing cloud architectures, with a focus on popular cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. We will also discuss the challenges and considerations involved in migrating to the cloud, and provide guidance for building robust and secure cloud architectures that can support your organization’s needs.

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