Improved 50% of productive time with implementation of Golden AMI - ITTStar

Executive Summary

Providentia Learning develops digital learning solutions for K-12 and continuing education, delivering engaging classroom experiences through video-enabled learning management systems, mentoring, and online tutoring. To support secure and scalable cloud operations, the organization partnered with ITTStar for AWS Image Builder implementation services, enabling automated Golden AMI creation, standardized infrastructure, and improved security compliance across its AWS environments.

Customer Challenge

Providentia Learning relied on a manual process for creating Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) across more than ten education applications, resulting in inconsistent configurations, lengthy deployment cycles, and increased operational risk. Managing security hardening, operating system patching, compliance, and auditing across multiple EC2 instances became increasingly complex as the environment grew. ITTStar addressed these challenges through Golden AMI automation services, standardizing image creation while improving security, compliance, and deployment consistency.

Partner Solution

ITTStar designed and implemented an automated Golden AMI framework using AWS Image Builder to standardize infrastructure across development, QA, and production environments. The solution incorporated security hardening, automated operating system patching, Amazon Inspector vulnerability assessments, centralized AMI lifecycle management, and infrastructure automation with Terraform services deployed through Bitbucket. This approach improved deployment consistency, accelerated provisioning, and simplified infrastructure governance.

Why AWS?

AWS provided the ideal foundation for building secure, standardized, and scalable infrastructure. Through AWS cloud security compliance services, ITTStar leveraged EC2 Image Builder, AWS Config, Amazon Inspector, AWS Security Hub, and automated patch management to establish continuous compliance, centralized governance, and vulnerability management while supporting future infrastructure growth.

Why Providentia Learning chose ITTStar?

ITTStar’s deep understanding of Edtech regulations was critical for creating industry-specific security and compliance baselines. Also, ITTStar has proven successful in automating infrastructure tasks, increasing efficiency, and reducing risk. ITTStar provided ongoing consultation and support to ensure proper implementation and continuous optimization of the Golden AMI solution.

Results & Benefits

By automating Golden AMI creation, standardizing infrastructure configurations, and implementing continuous security compliance, ITTStar enabled Providentia Learning to accelerate application deployments, strengthen cloud security, reduce operational risk, and improve infrastructure management across its AWS environment.

• Faster AMI Creation: This helped the customer in reducing the AMI creation and update time by 50%.
• Enhanced Security Posture: Strengthened security with built-in compliance controls and automated patching, decreasing potential vulnerabilities by 30%.
• Improved Auditability: Simplified auditing processes through centralized Golden AMI management, versioning, and testing, leading to a 25% reduction in audit preparation time.
• Streamlined Application Deployment: Accelerated application development cycles by 20% with consistent AMIs, enabling faster time-to-market.
• Cost Savings: Achieved around 15% cost savings after automation and efficiency gains from the Golden AMI solution.
• Risk Reduction: Minimized the risk of misconfigurations and security vulnerabilities by 40% using consistent, compliant AMIs.