Executive Summary

The customer partnered with ITTStar for AWS S3 ransomware protection services to secure critical backup data against ransomware attacks. By implementing immutable backup architecture on AWS, ITTStar ensured backup integrity, rapid recovery, regulatory compliance, and long-term cyber resilience for business-critical workloads.

Customer Challenge

The customer required immutable AWS backup solutions that could prevent ransomware from modifying or deleting backup data while supporting business continuity and compliance. ITTStar designed a secure backup architecture that strengthened data protection, minimized cyber risk, and enabled rapid disaster recovery.

Partner Solution

ITTStar implemented AWS backup and disaster recovery services using AWS Backup, Amazon S3 Object Lock, versioning, encryption, lifecycle policies, and continuous monitoring. This immutable backup architecture protected critical business data from ransomware while ensuring secure recovery, operational continuity, and enterprise-grade resilience.

  • Terraform templates utilized within GitLab for automating setup of S3 bucket, Lambda, CloudTrail, Event Bridge, and Simple Notification Service.
  • Deployment of Lambda, CloudTrail, Event Bridge, and SNS on AWS was achieved via GitLab pipelines.
  • The primary objective was to rapidly alert customers about ransomware-triggered changes to S3 configuration as per organizational requirements.
  • This proactive approach strengthened security measures and minimized potential risks.

Why AWS?

AWS provides cloud services that are safe, dependable, scalable, and budget-friendly. Using Terraforms user-friendly tools and wide capabilities, the customer has strengthened their S3 system against ransomware. This ensures that approved users across the organization can access data easily and without interruption.

Why Security Benefit chose ITTStar?

Security Benefit chose ITTStar as their trusted partner in their digital transformation journey. They wanted an expert partner for data-driven innovation. ITTStar's unique approach to solving complex infrastructure and security problems using cloud-native services and their ability to drive innovations attracted the customer to partner with them. As an AWS Select Partner, our confidence comes from our understanding of how to integrate AWS services into our solutions, combined with our broken-down approach to solving holistic business challenges.

Impact & Result

By implementing AWS cyber resilience solutions, ITTStar significantly improved backup security, strengthened ransomware protection, accelerated recovery times, enhanced compliance, and enabled resilient business operations through secure and immutable cloud backups.

  • Automated end-to-end process of deploying Lambda, SNS, CloudTrail, Event Bridge with terraform and python increased the speed, and efficiency.
  • Reduced the time of configuring services needed for S3 ransomware alert and safeguarding the valuable data in AWS S3 buckets.
About the Customer

Security Benefit is a 130-year-old Kansas-based retirement company that has grown over the years to become one of the fastest-growing companies in the US retirement market. A combination of innovative products, superior investment management, and a unique marketing strategy has made Security Benefit the leader in its comprehensive range of retirement markets and wealth segments.

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