Client Overview

The client is a well-rounded fintech solutions provider that delivers technology and information processing services to community and regional financial institutions. With a strong focus on innovation and trust, the client enables financial organizations to provide secure, reliable services to their end customers.

Customer Challenge

The client’s enterprise file transfer platform was built on MoveIt, which became a critical vulnerability after a major cyberattack. Security concerns, coupled with the limitations of their legacy solution, created significant risks and inefficiencies.

Key challenges included:

Security Gaps

Urgent need to address vulnerabilities exposed by the MoveIt attack.

Limited Scalability & Flexibility

File transfers spanned multiple environments, creating bottlenecks and slowing business agility.

Operational Inefficiencies

Troubleshooting delays and long onboarding cycles increased time to market.

High Maintenance Costs

Legacy workflows drove significant operational overhead.

What was at stake?

Without modernization, the client risked:

  • Exposure to severe security breaches.
  • Slower delivery of financial services due to rigid infrastructure.
  • Rising operational and maintenance costs.
  • Compliance challenges with industry and geo-specific regulations.
  • Ongoing inefficiencies impacting customer trust and competitiveness.

Ness Solution

The client partnered with Ness to design and implement a secure, scalable, and modern enterprise file transfer platform on AWS. The engagement leveraged the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) and was executed in a 3-phase modernization journey:

Architecture Assessment & Target Design

  • Analyzed existing MoveIt-based workflows and defined a secure, scalable target state.

Modernization with AWS Transfer Family

  • Designed a custom solution using AWS Transfer Family to enable secure file transfers.
  • Explored Commercial Off-The-Shelf alternatives to ensure best-fit approach.

Custom Workflow Development

  • Built multi-tenancy and role-based access control for secure transfers in transit and at rest.
  • Enabled seamless file movement across Amazon S3, GCS, and Azure, ensuring flexibility across ecosystems.
  • Established observability via CloudWatch and custom audit logging for compliance and monitoring.

Engagement Model & Collaboration

Team Structure

Onshore architects guided solution design, while offshore engineers, DevOps, and developers ensured rapid execution.

Agile Delivery

An Iterative approach with continuous stakeholder reviews enabled alignment and adaptability.

Cloud Expertise

Leveraged AWS MAP best practices and deep cloud-native capabilities for modernization.

Business Outcomes

Scalability & Performance

Achieved robust, high-volume file transfer, handling terabytes of data and millions of files daily.

Reduced Operational Overhead

Simplified user onboarding and workflow configuration through a custom UI.

Enhanced Security & Compliance

Met stringent industry and geo-specific security regulations with built-in governance.

Cost Optimization

Improved storage utilization and reduced maintenance costs through modernized infrastructure.

Strategic impact

Future-Ready Platform

Delivered a modern, secure, and flexible file transfer solution designed to evolve with the client’s needs.

Operational Efficiency

Freed up IT teams from repetitive maintenance, enabling focus on innovation and service delivery.

Stronger Security Posture

Proactively addressed cyberattack risks with a hardened, cloud-native infrastructure.

Business Agility

Accelerated time to market and positioned the client to better serve financial institutions securely and at scale.


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