Case Studies
Problem Statement
CONTEXT
All products on the DLT Apps cloud platform are within the highly regulated space of financial services, and are expected to host confidential / PII data of customers including those from financial transactions. Our clients require us to meet high security and compliance standards akin to SOC2 and ISO compliance requirements.
CHALLENGES
Solution
The secure platform was designed in line with due consideration to
Data encryption and network security
Well-defined Identity and Access Management
Endpoint protection and data loss prevention
Our team built a secure platform adopting various AWS Security services to implement necessary security controls listed below:
All confidential data was encrypted using keys managed using BYOK client-managed keys.
A secure network hub with centralised egress and ingress controls was set up using AWS Network Firewall, and AWS WAF.
Azure Active Directory and Privileged Identity Management were used to set up a secure identity.
Access management as well as the JML process. All access controls to various tools and cloud provider were managed via Azure AD.
Microsoft Intune-based endpoint protection was rolled out to all developer assets and access was controlled via conditional access policies.
A secure workstation solution with limited access to production was configured using AWS Workspaces including endpoint protection software to implement data loss prevention controls.
Security events are streamed to Elastic SIEM, and alerts were generated via OpsGenie.
Impact
Case Studies
Problem Statement
CONTEXT
DLT Apps was established with the aim of incubating multiple financial products. One of our first flagship products is a fund administration platform that would host confidential user data of our clients on the cloud. This would be the first major cloud-based deployment of confidential data at such a scale for our client, their own cloud solution was delayed by a few years. We needed to build a secure, reliable cloud foundation at pace. It was also important to ensure the platform was extensible and scalable to support additional product propositions in the future.
CHALLENGES
Solution
We outlined four areas of focus during the strategy phase
Cloud Controls and Business Continuity
Hosting Platforms
DevOps Tooling
Monitoring and operations
Impact
Case Studies
Problem Statement
CONTEXT
Within the dynamic realm of Financial Services, DLT Apps continuously nurtures innovative product concepts, both for internal use and client solutions. On this journey, we recognised the imperative need for a cloud-native development accelerator. This accelerator empowers our engineers to create and deliver robust, secure, and cloud-based applications with ease, liberating them from the complexities of cloud infrastructure management.
CHALLENGES
Solution
The accelerator was constructed on the foundational tenets of:
Cloud-native environments
Usage of industry-leading tools
Scans and verifications
The custom CI/CD and cloud-native environments accelerator integrates tools such as Jenkins, Jfrog, Spinnaker, Vault, SonarQube, Selenium, JMeter, Git (Bitbucket), and Kibana. It incorporates automation for code scans, tests, and vulnerability scans. It also provides full traceability of artefacts deployed in any of our environments down to the actual commit. A promotion process allows controlled propagation to higher environments post testing/verification and confirmation from clients.
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Case Studies
Problem Statement
CONTEXT
The sale of automobiles, whether new or used, is a complex process that has adhered to established norms for a significant period. In a typical scenario, multiple parties are involved, including a buyer, a seller, a government agency responsible for registering ownership, and a financial lender who holds a lien in cases where the buyer has taken out a loan. Recognising this friction within the automotive buying and selling ecosystem, one of our clients who specialised in automotive financing aimed to modernise process and significantly reduce time taken for the transfer of ownership.
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Solution
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Problem Statement
CONTEXT
In 2018, buying cryptocurrencies was difficult and expensive due to several factors. There existed many barriers of entry for new investors who were unfamiliar with the complex and technical nature of the cryptocurrency market. As a result, many potential investors were deterred from entering the market, limiting the growth potential of cryptocurrencies as an alternative investment asset class. Our client wanted to build a platform for buying, selling, and storing cryptocurrencies as well as traditional fiat currencies, that could address these challenges.
CHALLENGES
Solution
Our client needed a clear and simple process to address the challenges faced by the potential investors, and we split the task into three parts
Simplify onboarding journey
Smoothen trading steps
Gain investors
User-centric design and journey mapping
Each aspect of the platform was built with the foundational tenet of simplifying the user journey. We created processes and designs that brought end-to-end clarity and transparency. This made the buying, selling, and storing cryptocurrencies easily understandable and more importantly actionable for new users as well.
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Case Studies
Problem Statement
CONTEXT
Migrating data from one platform to another is a complex endeavour, especially within regulated Financial Services. A global Fund Administration product that DLT Apps had incubated was migrating a complex dataset of £20 billion of assets under management (AUM) from a leading Asset Manager. This needed a solution that could securely migrate data at speed and at scale.
CHALLENGES
Solution
TerraAi – an AI/ML-enabled data migration engine powered the migration of this complex dataset. We achieved this by
Adopting modern architectural principles that enabled rapid test cycles that reduced the overall migration timelines to a few hours.
This was achieved by implementing end-to-end automation that removed all the associated manual processes and focussed on data migration issues.
Enabled real time data profiling which helped data fixes at source.
Visualising real-time migration dashboards.
TerraAi brought together multiple facets to tackle the challenge of a seamless migration
Adopting the config over code principle, which enabled standardisation of our platform.
Automation of proof points for migration success criteria eliminates manual effort.
Adoption of distributed microservices architecture enables horizontal scaling.
Real-time dashboards to provide record-level status and progress during migration events.
Auditing every run of the migration cycle for transparency.
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Case Studies
Problem Statement
CONTEXT
Our client is a well-known UK brand that amongst a few businesses also provide retail lending products including personal and car loans. Our client faced challenges with their outdated legacy application. These challenges hindered their growth, innovation, and ability to offer a differentiated customer experience. These challenges meant that they were unable to meet their business objectives of customer acquisition and achieving straight-though lending decision processes.
CHALLENGES
Solution
DLT Apps were involved in defining the target architecture driven with Domain Driven Design that facilitated:
An architecture that was loosely coupled based on composable architecture to enable our client switch retail lending service providers as required
Insource loan application decisions within the business to enable consistency and transparency
Enable reliable releases of application code to facilitate innovation and listening to customer feedback
Implement a leading cloud infrastructure architecture with necessary security controls in line with cloud architecture best practices