Case Study
Designing a Compliant and Cost-Effective Cloud Foundation for DataDivider
Industry: FinServ
Solutions: AWS
DataDivider is a U.S.-based Level 1 PCI DSS Service Provider with over a decade of experience helping organizations reduce compliance risks and costs. Industry pioneer in Data Capture Cloaking, DataDivider provides innovative solutions enabling secure entry of cardholder data while minimizing impact to business operations.
From its background in PCI DSS, DataDivider has evolved to help organizations meet other privacy data compliance requirements such as HIPAA and GDPR. DataDivider’s innovative solutions ensure organizations meet all data compliance needs.
The Challenge
Production Isolation and Security Best Practices
As a PCI service provider, security and compliance were paramount. DataDivider required AWS expertise to migrate isolated production and architect development accounts into AWS. DataDivider’s primary goals included enforcing security best practices and optimizing resource spend. DataDivider partnered with Lightedge to migrate its isolated production and development environments into AWS.
The Solution
Validating Dependencies and Implementing Cost Controls
Lightedge focused on designing a secure and compliant cloud foundation while optimizing cost efficiency. Lightedge leveraged AWS best practices and structured accounts for PCI compliance and SOC audit readiness. Lightedge engineers worked with DataDivider to migrate production workloads into AWS resources.
Throughout the engagement, Lightedge engineers met weekly with DataDivider to provide TCO guidance and ongoing architectural support. Along the way, the Lightedge team resolved additional challenges, such as troubleshooting non-persistent mounts in demo environments, reinforcing the importance of validating infrastructure dependencies.
To address the client’s goals focused on optimizing resource spend, Lightedge conducted a TCO analysis and implemented automated stop/start schedules for resources to help control compute costs.
The Results
Issue Reduction and Improved Responsiveness
Lightedge successfully migrated DataDivider’s production workloads into AWS, ensuring accounts achieved all compliance audits, confirming compliance certifications were fulfilled with no audit findings.
DataDivider now has a stable, secure environment that meets the client’s compliance and operational objectives.
— Jordan Bowlin, Senior AWS Cloud Engineer, Lightedge
Lightedge also optimized DataDivider’s cost structure through scheduled automation of compute resources, resulting in cost savings realized through minimized compute uptime. The end result is a secure, compliant, and efficient AWS environment that strengthens DataDivider’s ability to deliver trusted payment security solutions.
About DataDivider
As a certified Level 1 PCI DSS Service Provider, DataDivider helps organizations reduce their PCI DSS compliance risks and costs for telephone, fax, mail order, and chat payment transactions. DataDivider’s innovative solutions ensure the minimal impact on businesses as they achieve their compliance goals.
With its wealth of expertise in effectively and efficiently securing card account data, it is now helping organizations benefit from the countless lessons learned with PCI DSS for all data compliance needs. Learn more at https://www.datadivider.com/.
