Foundation Services
Secure, scalable AWS foundations built for growth.
Expert-led infrastructure and guardrails engineered for security and governance, delivered in weeks, not months, so your team can focus on building your product.
Start secure. Scale confidently.
Foundations delivers a structured AWS foundation with core security, identity, and governance controls designed for operational clarity.
Pass Due Diligence with Confidence
Investor security reviews and enterprise customer assessments expect a well-structured, production-ready cloud platform. Foundations helps teams establish credible infrastructure and supporting controls early, reducing friction during security reviews and audits.
Avoid Costly Rework and Security Debt
Early infrastructure decisions compound as teams scale. Expert-built foundations reduce the risk of misconfigurations and security gaps, helping teams avoid disruptive rework and expensive migrations later.
Security and governance designed in from the start
Infrastructure engineered with security and governance controls aligned to common compliance frameworks. Foundations provides a structured baseline that supports compliance preparation, so your team can focus on building product.
Infrastructure controls support compliance preparation; certification outcomes depend on organisational policies and independent audits.
Foundation Essentials
The baseline every startup needs
A baseline set of essential security and governance foundations to establish a clear, well-structured AWS organisation. Typically delivered in one week or less.
Secure AWS multi-account organisation structure
Identity and access management with SSO integration
Centralised logging and monitoring for security oversight
Network security, encryption, and baseline guardrails
Infrastructure-as-Code delivery with documentation
Organisation visualiser for account and billing visibility
1 week or less
Delivery timeline
Best-fit
Modular building blocks
100% Infrastructure-as-Code
Fully automated delivery
Foundations are delivered as Infrastructure-as-Code and handed over to your team, no ongoing lock-in.
Foundation Comply
Infrastructure aligned to compliance frameworks
Everything included in Foundation Essentials, with additional building blocks and configurations aligned to your target compliance framework. Typically delivered in 1-4 weeks.
Framework-aligned configurations for your target compliance programme
Threat detection and continuous security monitoring
PII data scanning and classification support
AWS Security Hub integration for centralised findings
Infrastructure-as-Code delivery with documentation
Organisation visualiser UI for account and billing visibility
1-4 weeks
Delivery timeline
Compliance-aligned
Infrastructure and controls
Choose your framework
SOC 2, ISO 27001, AWS Well-Architected, AWS FSBP, CIS, GDPR
Infrastructure controls support compliance preparation; certification outcomes depend on organisational policies and independent audits.
Framework-aligned infrastructure
Infrastructure controls mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS, AWS FSBP, AWS Well-Architected and GDPR.
GDPR
EU regulation on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union and European Economic Area.
ISO 27001
International standard for information security management systems (ISMS).
SOC 2
Audit framework for service organizations based on Trust Service Criteria covering security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
AWS Well-Architected
AWS best practices framework covering operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimisation, and sustainability pillars.
AWS FSBP
AWS Security Hub standard that detects when deployed accounts and resources deviate from security best practices, covering controls across multiple AWS services.
CIS AWS Foundations
Center for Internet Security benchmark providing prescriptive guidance for configuring security options in AWS, covering identity, logging, monitoring, and networking.
FIRSTBLOX Foundation services deliver AWS infrastructure with security and governance controls aligned to recognised compliance frameworks. While we build and configure the technical foundation, achieving and maintaining compliance depends on your organisation's policies, procedures, and operational practices, as well as independent assessment by qualified auditors. FIRSTBLOX products and services support compliance preparation and ongoing visibility, but final compliance determinations always rest with you and your auditors.
They flag it. We fix it.
Compliance platforms and enterprise questionnaires are good at surfacing problems. We are the team that resolves them in your AWS estate, not just on a dashboard.
Vanta & Drata findings
When your compliance tool flags a failing control, we remediate the underlying AWS configuration and close it out for real, not just mark it resolved on a dashboard.
Security questionnaires
SIG, CAIQ or a buyer's own template: we help you answer with evidence, and fix whatever in your estate would make an answer untrue.
Review & audit prep
We close the gaps a security review would surface before they stall a deal, and stay on hand through the back-and-forth.
What You Get
with FIRSTBLOX Foundations
Multi-account AWS organisation
Production-ready account structure delivered as Infrastructure-as-Code
Identity & access management
Secure IAM policies with SSO integration and least-privilege access
Centralised logging and monitoring
CloudTrail, Config, and GuardDuty configured to support security oversight and evidence collection
Security controls and guardrails
Policy-as-code guardrails aligned with established security practices
Compliance framework mapping
Infrastructure controls mapped to your selected compliance framework
Documentation and delivery support
Architecture diagrams, runbooks, and up to 30 days of engineering support
Upgrade to Foundation Comply
For enhanced threat detection, continuous security monitoring, and framework-aligned infrastructure extensions.
Choose Your Starting Point
Build a secure, well-structured AWS foundation in weeks.
Essentials
Foundation Essentials
Secure, scalable AWS foundation
Delivered in 1 week or less
Comply
Foundation Comply
Essentials + compliance frameworks
Delivered in 1-4 weeks
All foundation packages include expert implementation, documentation, and handover training.
From expert setup to ongoing operations
A clear path from secure foundations to a well-run, review-ready estate
Foundation Services
Essentials
Typically delivered in ~1 weekStructured AWS foundations including multi-account organisation, identity and access management, logging, and network security baselines.
Comply
Typically delivered in 1-4 weeksAdditional framework-aligned infrastructure, threat detection, and enhanced security monitoring to support compliance preparation.
Then keep it secure with
Ongoing services
Posture scanning
We scan your AWS environment and connected systems and hand you prioritised, framework-mapped findings. Scans run under your control, so your data stays with you, supporting audit and security review preparation as your estate changes.
Request a scanManaged infrastructure
We build, maintain and operate your AWS infrastructure as it grows. Account structure, identity and baseline controls stay in good shape without pulling your engineers off the product.
Let's chatSecurity review support
Hands-on help preparing for and responding to enterprise security reviews and questionnaires. We fix what the review would fail on and stand behind the evidence for each answer.
Let's chatFoundations establish the technical baseline. Our ongoing services keep it secure, operated and review-ready as your organisation grows.
Trusted by Founders and Engineering Teams
How a startup built enterprise-ready infrastructure with FIRSTBLOX.
HireBus
US-based hiring automation platform
"FIRSTBLOX helped us establish a secure AWS foundation quickly and with confidence. Their team understood the complexity of setting up the right structure and controls early, which allowed us to focus on building our product."
Nick Halverson
CTO, HireBus
The Challenge
Developer velocity was impacted by inefficient cloud access and slow deployment pipelines. Security controls were fragmented, compliance preparation had not yet begun, and the AWS foundation required to support a new AI platform was not in place.
The Solution
Multi-account AWS organisation with a secure, well-structured architecture
AWS SSO with centralised access control and threat detection
Centralised logging and audit trails to support security oversight
Regional CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure delivery
The Outcome
Improved development velocity, clearer security oversight, and a structured AWS foundation positioned to support security reviews and future compliance preparation.
Built for startup teams using AWS as their core cloud platform.
FIRSTBLOX focuses on AWS environments while integrating with selected third-party SDLC and identity systems to surface findings, support remediation, and prepare teams for security reviews and audits. Foundations services are available via AWS Marketplace to support enterprise procurement.
Foundation ServicesFrequently Asked Questions
About Foundation Services
Getting Started
Customization & Management
Support & Maintenance
Security & Compliance
Pricing & Costs
Enterprise deals expect secure, well-structured infrastructure
Whether you're starting fresh or strengthening an existing AWS environment, FIRSTBLOX helps teams establish secure foundations that support security reviews, audits, and growth.