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Strengthening Cloud Compliance for Partykaro.com with AWS Config

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About Vasundhara Media

Vasundhara Media is a digital media and events company that operates partykaro.com, an online platform for event planning, party management, and entertainment services. The platform manages a growing number of users, vendors, and content, making cloud governance and security critical.

With increasing AWS usage, Vasundhara Media required robust tools to maintain continuous compliance, enforce security best practices, and automate monitoring of their cloud infrastructure.

Business Challenge

Vasundhara Media faced multiple challenges in managing their AWS environment:

  1. Configuration Drift and Compliance Gaps

    • Resources were being provisioned across multiple AWS accounts and regions.

    • Manual monitoring could not ensure compliance with industry standards such as AWS CIS Benchmarks.

  2. Security and Governance Risks

    • Misconfigured resources could expose sensitive data or introduce vulnerabilities.

    • Lack of automated governance increased risk during audits and assessments.

  3. Operational Inefficiency

    • IT teams spent significant time manually tracking resource changes and ensuring compliance.

    • Limited visibility into real-time configuration changes made proactive management difficult.

  4. Audit Readiness

    • Without automated compliance reporting, maintaining audit-ready infrastructure was challenging.

Solution Provided by Avertech

Avertech, an Advanced Consulting Partner of AWS, implemented AWS Config to continuously monitor, assess, and enforce compliance for Partykaro.com’s AWS environment.

Assessment and Planning

  • Conducted a thorough review of Partykaro.com’s AWS accounts and architecture.

  • Identified gaps in resource configurations, compliance violations, and potential security risks.

  • Designed an AWS Config deployment strategy aligned with AWS CIS Benchmarks and best practices.

Configuration and Implementation

  1. AWS Config Setup

    • Enabled AWS Config across all AWS accounts and regions for critical resources including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, and VPC.

    • Configured AWS Config to track all configuration changes, resource relationships, and historical snapshots.

  2. CIS Benchmark and Custom Rules

    • Implemented AWS CIS Benchmark rules to ensure security best practices such as:

      • Enforcing MFA for all IAM users.

      • Ensuring S3 buckets are not publicly accessible.

      • Restricting overly permissive security groups.

      • Enforcing encryption for storage and databases.

    • Created custom rules tailored to Partykaro.com’s operational needs, including monitoring API gateways and serverless deployments.

  3. Integration with AWS Services

    • Integrated AWS Config with AWS CloudTrail for audit trails.

    • Linked to AWS Security Hub for consolidated compliance reporting and alerting.

    • Configured Amazon SNS notifications for non-compliant resources.

  4. Automation and Remediation

    • Automated remediation using AWS Systems Manager and Lambda functions to correct non-compliant configurations.

    • Scheduled compliance reports and dashboards to provide continuous visibility to IT teams.

  5. Training and Knowledge Transfer

    • Conducted workshops for Vasundhara Media’s cloud teams on AWS Config usage, rules management, and remediation workflows.

    • Provided detailed runbooks and operational documentation.

Outcomes and Impact

  • Continuous Compliance and Security

    • All AWS resources are continuously monitored, ensuring alignment with CIS Benchmarks and organizational security policies.

    • Configuration drift is detected and corrected automatically.

  • Audit Readiness

    • Compliance dashboards and historical snapshots make audits faster and more accurate.

    • Clear visibility into configuration changes and violations strengthens governance.

  • Operational Efficiency

    • Automated monitoring and remediation reduced manual work for IT teams.

    • DevOps and security teams can focus on innovation rather than maintenance.

  • Scalable and Future-Ready Infrastructure

    • AWS Config scales with Vasundhara Media’s growing AWS footprint, ensuring security and compliance at every stage.

  • Improved Customer Trust

    • Secure cloud environment ensures that user and vendor data on Partykaro.com is protected.

    • Strengthened trust among users, partners, and stakeholders.

Conclusion

By implementing AWS Config, Avertech enabled Vasundhara Media to transform partykaro.com into a compliant, secure, and efficiently managed cloud platform.

As an Advanced Consulting Partner of AWS, Avertech’s expertise in CIS Benchmark alignment, configuration monitoring, and automated remediation helped Vasundhara Media achieve:

  • Continuous compliance and audit-readiness.

  • Reduced operational overhead through automation.

  • Secure, scalable, and resilient AWS infrstructure.