FivexL RightStart Foundation for Startups on AWS
Build Your AWS Foundation Right From The Start
As an AWS Advanced Partner, FivexL combines real-world experience with deep knowledge in building scalable, secure, and cost-effective AWS environments for fast-growing startups.
What is FivexL RightStart?
FivexL RightStart is a foundation for startups on AWS — a battle-tested way to launch with secure, scalable, and audit-ready infrastructure from day one. Instead of growing out of a single ad-hoc account into security gaps, compliance headaches (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA), surprise costs, and brittle manual processes that create technical debt, you start with the right building blocks: multi-account boundaries, least-privilege access, centralized logging, and cost controls—all as code.
Built from years of work with successful teams in healthcare and fintech, RightStart applies AWS best practices so you can ship faster, pass audits sooner, and keep spend predictable as you scale.
What's Included
SOC 2, HIPAA, and More
- Audit-Ready from Day One.
Pre-configured logging & monitoring capture all activity. - Immutable log archives.
Tamper-evident storage for verification and compliance. - Proactive complience.
Config and Security Hub identify issues upfront.
Cost-Efficient & Scalable Foundation
- Preconfigured, policy enforced AWS Multi-Account Foundation.
- Effortless AWS Organization Management.
Group accounts, apply guardrails, and control spend from a single pane. - Ready-to-Deploy Workload Accounts.
Prod/Stage/Dev preconfigured with shared baselines: Terraform state, KMS/CMKs, access logs. - Cost Visibility by Design.
Budgets, tags, and alerts for predictable burn across teams and environments. - Compliance-Aligned from Day One.
HIPAA/SOC 2–friendly controls with centralized logging and clear evidence trails.
Network Security and Performance
- Dedicated Network Management Account.
Pre-configured public, private, and database subnets, ensuring secure workload isolation and performance optimization. - Shared networking.
VPC, Subnets & Security Groups – reduce complexity and cost while maintaining security across workloads. - Internet and NAT Gateways.
Enable controlled outbound and inbound internet access with high availability.
Secure-by-Default AWS Foundation
- Security services built-in.
CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Config, Security Hub, and org-level SCPs. - Hardened account baselines.
Terraform state, access logs, S3 Block Public Access, lifecycle rules, strong IAM policies. - Region & VPC hygiene.
Disable unused regions; remove default VPCs to reduce attack surface. - Org-wide security log lake & alerts.
Unified security telemetry for faster detection and response.
Always-On Data Protection for Regulated Startups
- Automated backups across prod/stage/dev, scheduled and consistent from day one.
- Centralized, multi-region AWS KMS.
Encryption and access control for sensitive data across regions. - Dedicated Backup & Encryption Accounts - separation of duties for compliance and recovery.
Simple, Secure Access Control for Your Team
- Predefined AWS roles.
Consistent, least-privilege permissions—no ad-hoc setup. - Slack-Integrated Temporary Credentials – easily elevate permissions when needed.
- Secure IDP & Automated User Provisioning – onboard and manage new team members without hassle.
Our happy customers
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The FivexL team had laid the foundation for SOC2, and we didn’t need to make major changes to get certified.
Mattias Hemmingsson, Head of Security at Hippo
Hippo
Case StudyRightStart for AWS by FivexL gave a U.S. healthcare startup a compliance-ready foundation and multi-account setup, helping them achieve SOC2 certification.
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I think FivexL did a really good job of being deliberate, explicit, and highly consistent about the work.
Nate Sesti, CTO at Continue
Continue
Case StudyFivexL’s RightStart for AWS and production-ready ECS setup gave a U.S. AI startup the infrastructure needed for commercial launch and global scaling.
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Fivexl has been a great partner. They demonstrate unrivaled expertise in the AWS ecosystem and deliver results quickly.
Rusty Atkinson, VP, Technology at Clearway Health
Clearway Health
Case StudyFivexL helped a U.S. pharmacy services company build a strong and secure foundation with AWS RightStart for future development and rapid scaling.
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The FivexL team is very responsive and extremely competent, demonstrating a deep understanding and expertise in AWS.
Mike Long, CEO at Kosli
Kosli
Case StudyFivexL helped a Norwegian startup migrate from Google Cloud to AWS ECS, enabling them to scale their business and pass audits.
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