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Security & Compliance

Cloud Security

Cloud environments fail through identity and configuration far more often than through exotic attacks. Our practices concentrate on those two surfaces first.

Control areas

How cloud environments are secured

These practices apply to environments we operate and to the reference architectures we recommend to customers.

Identity

Cloud identity is the primary control plane. Human and machine identities are separated, scoped, and reviewed.

  • Unique accounts, no shared logins
  • MFA on all administrative identities
  • Scoped roles for services and pipelines
  • Periodic entitlement review

Encryption

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest using platform-managed cryptographic services and current protocol versions.

  • TLS for all external traffic
  • Encryption at rest for stored data and backups
  • Managed key services rather than embedded keys
  • Deprecated protocol and cipher avoidance

Network Segmentation

Environments and workloads are separated so that access to one component does not imply access to another.

  • Separated production and non-production environments
  • Default-deny ingress
  • Restricted administrative access paths
  • Minimal public exposure surface

Logging

Security-relevant events are logged with sufficient detail to support investigation, and logs are protected against casual modification.

  • Authentication and administrative action logging
  • Deployment and configuration change logging
  • Defined retention period
  • Restricted log access

Monitoring

Availability and security signals are monitored, with alerting routed to an accountable owner.

  • Availability and error-rate monitoring
  • Alerting on anomalous administrative activity
  • Defined triage ownership
  • Alert tuning to reduce noise

Least Privilege

Cloud permissions start from deny and are expanded only to the specific actions and resources required.

  • Deny-by-default permission model
  • Resource-scoped policies
  • Time-bound elevation where supported
  • Removal of unused permissions

Secrets Management

Runtime secrets are stored in managed secret storage, injected at runtime, and never committed to source control or shipped to browsers.

  • Managed secret storage
  • Runtime injection only
  • Rotation on personnel or exposure change
  • Server-only access boundaries enforced in code

Backups

Backups are performed on a defined schedule, encrypted, and access-restricted separately from production operations.

  • Scheduled automated backups
  • Encrypted backup storage
  • Access separation from production roles
  • Defined retention

Disaster Recovery

Recovery expectations are documented so a disruption is met with a plan rather than improvisation.

  • Documented recovery objectives
  • Restoration procedures maintained internally
  • Dependency mapping for critical services
  • Periodic restoration validation

Business Continuity

Continuity planning addresses people, tooling, and communications, not only infrastructure.

  • Alternate work and communication arrangements
  • Critical supplier continuity considerations
  • Customer notification expectations
  • Plan review on a recurring cadence

Cloud-Native Security

Platform-native controls are preferred over bolt-on tooling so security posture follows the workload.

  • Managed identity and key services
  • Platform configuration baselines
  • Native audit logging
  • Serverless and managed-service isolation boundaries

IEP ALLY APP LLC does not hold FedRAMP authorization, SOC 2 attestation, ISO 27001 certification, or CMMC certification. Framework references describe familiarity and practice alignment only. They do not represent certification, authorization, endorsement, audit, or verified compliance status.

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