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Infrastructure Security & Management
Infrastructure security and management are foundational elements in ensuring that cloud-based and on-premises systems are protected from threats. This includes securing networks, virtual machines, databases, and containers, and integrating Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to streamline and secure infrastructure deployment, ensuring consistent and compliant configurations.
How It Works
Network and Resource
Segmentation
Segregating sensitive environments and limiting access to reduce risk and ensure better control over security policies.
Examples:
- Using Terraform, Pulumi automatically creates Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) with private and public subnets to isolate sensitive data and workloads.
- Automating the setup of security groups and Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) using IAC scripts to enforce access controls for different network segments.
- VPN Gateway or Direct Connect can be set up using IaC tools like Terraform to create secure, private connections between on-premises environments and cloud infrastructure, ensuring data privacy and reducing exposure to public networks.
Automated
Configuration and Compliance Enforcement
Enforcing security configurations and compliance policies by automating infrastructure deployment and ensuring they follow best practices.
Examples:
- AWS CloudFormation scripts are used to automatically configure firewall rules for EC2 instances to ensure only authorized IP addresses can access specific services (e.g., using security groups or NACLs for inbound/outbound traffic control).
- Terraform scripts automatically deploy and configure IAM roles to enforce the principle of least privilege and ensure resources are only accessible to the appropriate users.
- Implementing AWS Config rules within IaC to ensure resources like EC2 instances and S3 buckets comply with security standards such as encryption at rest and least privilege access.
- Using AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) with IaC tools to automatically configure and enforce rules against common web exploits such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
- AWS Config enforces that all EC2 instances have a specific IAM role attached, triggering AWS Systems Manager Automation to remediate non-compliance.
- AWS Organizations' SCPs restrict users from launching unapproved EC2 instance types, ensuring only allowed configurations in production.
- AWS Config detects unencrypted S3 buckets and triggers a Lambda function to enable AES-256 encryption automatically.
- AWS KMS ensures encryption for all RDS, S3, and EBS resources by enforcing key usage policies.
- AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config log and track all API actions to ensure compliance with security policies.
- AWS Config Conformance Packs detect and remediate infrastructure drift across multiple AWS accounts.
Regular
Vulnerability Scanning and Patch Management
Regularly scanning deployed infrastructure for vulnerabilities and applying necessary patches to maintain a secure environment.
Examples:
- Integrating Checkov, and SNYK into the CI/CD pipeline to automatically scan Terraform or CloudFormation templates for misconfigurations or potential security vulnerabilities (e.g., open ports, publicly accessible resources).
- Implementing AWS Inspector or Qualys for vulnerability scanning of EC2 instances and containers to detect and fix flaws before they can be exploited.
- Automatically applying security patches to operating systems and application services using Patch Manager within AWS Systems Manager to ensure that instances are up-to-date with the latest security patches.
- Using HashiCorp Vault, Secret Manager with Terraform to manage secrets securely and integrate automatic updates when secrets (e.g., API keys or passwords) change.
Benefits
Enhanced Security Against Threats
Reduced risk of unauthorized access and data breaches.
Faster and Secure Deployments
Built-in security within IaC allows rapid, consistent infrastructure provisioning without compromising security.
Proactive Threat Mitigation
Continuous monitoring, automated updates, and vulnerability scanning prevent security gaps before they become critical threats.
Compliance and Audit Readiness
Automated enforcement of security policies ensures adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
Our success stories
- Infrastructure Security & Management
- CI/CD Pipeline Security
- Application Security
- Monitoring and Incident Response
- Compliance, Governance and ISO-27001
