Secure Banking Microservices on AWS: A DevSecOps Framework
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63282/3050-922X.IJERET-V5I3P108Keywords:
Secure banking, microservices, AWS, DevSecOps, cloud security, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, compliance, container security, IAM, threat modeling, PCI DSS, AWS Well-Architected, observability, monitoring, automation, zero trust, security pipelines, secrets management, banking complianceAbstract
These days, it's hard to be open to new ideas and ways of doing things while simultaneously keeping your digital bank account safe. This post speaks a lot about a DevSecOps plan for keeping banking microservices safe on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The proposed method links the development, security, and operations teams by making security a part of the full development process instead of something that comes later. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Key Management Service (KMS), Secrets Manager, and Cloud Trail are all AWS-native services that work together to make sure that identity management, data protection, and full audit trails are all strong. We deployed the system in containers using either Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) or ECS. We also automatically look for weaknesses and check for compliance on a regular basis to make sure the system is safe and can grow. The security model used by Amazon Guard Duty and Security Hub is "zero trust." This means that they only let people in who need to do their jobs. They also contain rules like "automated threat detection" and "encryption at rest and in transit." CI/CD pipelines work better when they have tools for analyzing both static and dynamic code, enforcing policy-as-code, and rolling back changes automatically. It's simple to get things properly the first time. Centralized logging, Cloud Watch for real-time monitoring, and proactive alerting systems all let you see what's going on and fix problems more quickly. A DevSecOps model that incorporates everything could help financial companies come up with new ideas faster, make sure they follow the rules (such PCI DSS and GDPR), build trust with customers, and lower the risks to their operations and security. In this article, we discuss best practices and why it's so crucial for everyone to know what they need to do. This implies that developers, security engineers, and operations teams all need to work together to make sure that security is a part of every stage of the financial application's life cycle. The architecture lets businesses offer microservices that are safe, fast, and reliable in a cloud environment that is always evolving. It also helps organizations quickly adjust to new policies and risks that come up in the digital world
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