Genese Solution helped Varosa’s team to solve their problems and adopt DevOps culture, which improved collaboration among team members.

Genese proposed to the client a highly available and scalable solution to address the problem that clients were facing. Genese shifted the resources from the local cloud server to AWS for hassle-free development and deployment with the implementation of the CICD pipeline. For efficient, secure, and scalable cloud operations of Varosa, we implemented a multi-account structure through the AWS Control Tower based on distinct environments for various projects. We used the account structure to streamline governance and compliance efforts by enforcing policies consistently across organizational units while offering flexibility to tailor configurations as per Varosa’s requirements. This approach also enabled segregation and isolation of the environment. We implemented preventive controls to prevent potential threats as well as detective controls for identifying and responding to security incidents and policy violations promptly. We implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to provision infrastructure in a consistent manner, to ensure that our deployments are automated, repeatable, and scalable. This approach has greatly improved Varosa’s operational efficiency, reduced human error, and enabled us to easily manage and version our infrastructure configurations. We migrated the application from a monolithic architecture to microservices architecture which provided better scalability, flexibility resiliency, and increased productivity. By incorporating auto-scaling and load-balancing features, we enabled the system to adjust resources based on traffic demands dynamically. This incorporation ensured high availability and undegraded performance despite high traffic demand. We implemented AWS WAF and finely tuned rules and filtering capabilities to mitigate the problem of unauthorized access and data breaches from malicious requests, and potential attackers. We enabled detailed performance insights across all services that allowed for real-time monitoring and prompt issue identification by implementing monitoring and logging tools. We set up alarms and notifications such that whenever anomalies were detected notifications were sent to the respective team members and the team members were able to take swift action. 

Recognizing the critical need for a robust disaster recovery plan, Genese implemented a comprehensive backup and restore strategy specifically for Varosa’s One Cloud Storage Solution (OCSS). This strategy leveraged AWS Backup to create and manage backups for critical resources such as EC2 instances, RDS databases, and S3 buckets in the Mumbai region, with backups stored in North Virginia. Strict Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) were defined, aiming to minimize downtime and data loss during incidents. Regular simulated recovery drills were conducted to test and refine these objectives, ensuring that critical data had more frequent and comprehensive backups.

Security Remediation and Enhancement

To remediate security vulnerabilities, Genese solution implemented a series of security enhancements. A secure CI/CD pipeline was introduced to ensure that all code changes were validated and scanned before deployment, reducing the risk of vulnerabilities in the production environment. AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) was implemented with finely tuned rules and filtering capabilities to safeguard against malicious requests and potential attackers. AWS GuardDuty was integrated to monitor malicious activities and provide real-time threat detection. Additionally, network security configurations were reinforced by restricting unnecessary open ports and ensuring private access to resources within VPCs. Role-based access control (RBAC) with strict permissions was enforced using AWS IAM policies to enhance security and limit access to authorized personnel only.

To further strengthen authentication and identity management, AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) and SCIM were implemented to enable centralized user access control and enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA). Continuous security assessments were conducted using AWS Inspector to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in the infrastructure. The findings from these scans were consolidated in AWS Security Hub, where a comprehensive security score was monitored. With these security improvements, Varosa achieved a security compliance score above 90%, ensuring a robust and secure cloud environment.