Top NBFC Player Strengthens Security with Umbrella Infocare’s Network Firewall
India’s well-known online lender that operates in consumer loans, SME lending, and commercial/corporate lending. It was launched after acquiring GE Money and with the support of AION capital partners. It offers a variety of consumer loans, such as personal loans, education loans, and used car loans.
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Published Date : 09-May-2023
Why this NBFC player wanted to enhance security
The client had the following requirements and challenges:
- A security solution at the perimeter level
- Automatic blocking of malicious IP addresses
- Auto scalability
- Restricted access to specific domains/websites from servers hosted in the environment
- Intrusion prevention with IPS signatures.
As a financial services provider, it holds huge volumes of sensitive user data and is accountable for meeting stringent security standards and data protection. They needed a robust architecture that reinforced security and enabled threat readiness.
Leveraging AWS security services for network protection
AWS Services used
- Amazon CloudWatch
- Amazon GuardDuty
- Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall
- AWS Access Analyzer
- AWS Certificate Manager
- AWS CloudWatch Events
- AWS Config
- AWS Config Rules
- AWS Direct Connect
- AWS Firewall Manager
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
- AWS Network Firewall
- AWS Secrets Manager
- AWS Security Hub
- AWS Single Sign-On
Benefits of deploying Network Firewall for Client
With a growing number of customers, this leading online lender required a highly scalable security solution with minimum downtime. The implementation of AWS Network Firewall across several clients’ production, testing, and other service environments helps them achieve their goals, including:
- Automated scaling and high availability
- Automatic safeguarding of multiple environments against harmful IP addresses
- Threat prevention via IPS functionality for all incoming and outgoing traffic
- Web filtering for outgoing internet traffic
- Alerts and monitoring for network traffic
- Management and customization of rules
- Continuous posture check for AWS environment
- Easy Management of Certificates and Security Keys
