Fintech
Securing and modernising cloud infrastructure in a fintech
The challenge
A fintech operating across multiple domains was experiencing performance challenges. In addition to supporting product management within the same company, Gear Train was contracted to optimise and stabilise its cloud infrastructure and security.
The primary challenges were:
- High infrastructure costs
- Slow deployments
- Poor visibility of systems
- Unmanaged security risks
How we solved it
Fixing security first
We reduced security risk and improved accountability by:
- Carrying out an infrastructure and code vulnerability and threat analysis
- Fixing critical and high vulnerabilities and threats
- Reducing the cyber attack surface by closing known exploitations
- Introducing secrets management
- Updating the incident reporting process and ownerships
- Creating transparent and easily accessible documentation and templates
The Results
Outcome
In addition to implementing controlled, secure operations instead of reactive firefighting:
40%
Drop in cloud costs
per month.
80%
Faster shipping to production
Engineers now release features in two days instead of two weeks.
75%
Improved incident response
and recovery times.
Improved cybersecurity and ownership.
Standardised and scalable infrastructure.
Increased engineering productivity through predictable engineering workflows.