Solving networking problems for DRaaS
Product
- Bluelock Recovery AssuranceTM
Tech Stack
- Cloud Hosting
- Network Security
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Cybersecurity Services
About The Customer
The customer is a government organization with a centralized IT architecture. The organization has several sub-organizations operating semi-independently, which adds to the complexity of their network. The organization has specific requirements for their production and recovery environment to ensure continuity of service and network security. They needed a solution that could help them identify where users originated from and how to gate the access and permissions each user should have. Additionally, they required the ability to do extended tests for their recovery solution without impacting their production environment or their replication during the test.
The Challenge
A centralized IT architecture for governments is not uncommon; yet the complex nature of the network can provide challenges. With a single overarching IT organization and several sub-organizations operating semi-independently, building the requirements can be confusing, particularly when the sub-organization’s requirements differ from those of the parent organization. The organization had specific requirements for their production and recovery environment to ensure continuity of service and network security. The first requirement stemmed from the concern that certain administrative staff needed access to their application, but due to the architecture of how their parent organization’s network was designed, they were having trouble identifying where the user originated from and how to gate the access and permissions each user should have. The second requirement the client requested was the ability to do extended tests for their recovery solution.
The Solution
Bluelock helped this government organization simplify their complex hosting and recovery architecture for increased security and performance. By working with the client to identify and mitigate specific security-based networking requirements and provide extended tests leveraging remote clones, they now successfully host their core, mission-critical applications in the cloud, backed with the Recovery Assurance that they can maintain service resiliency and continuity for their customers in a timely fashion, no matter what happens. The tailored solution included a new network port that could be monitored and gated for users to connect into the application, which not only solved their immediate problem, but also increased the ease of auditing users through logs. In order to accommodate the requirement for extended testing, Bluelock tailored a testing solution that leveraged remote clones. By using these remote clones, their team was able to verify data across all systems, test the resiliency of applications while running in recovery and experience continuous protection of their production environment.
Operational Impact
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