Security Features on AVIANET A-Cloud

An Overview and FAQs for the Aviation Industry

AVIANET A-Cloud: The Answer to Your Security Concerns

Introduction: Security in cloud computing is a significant concern for businesses, especially in the aviation industry. AVIANET has addressed these concerns by implementing various security layers around the A-Cloud, ensuring minimum risk, and maximised business operations.

Key Aspects:

Industry Expertise: Leveraging years of experience in the aviation industry, AVIANET understands the unique security needs and risks faced by this sector.
Holistic Security Approach: From transformation to continuous operation, AVIANET’s A-Cloud integrates security at every stage.

Enhanced Security Measures

Dynamic Security Layers: AVIANET employs a dynamic approach to security, using multiple layers to protect the A-Cloud environment. This includes a comprehensive Cyber Defense strategy combining virtualization, security products, and continuous monitoring by a Security Operations Center (SOC).

A-Cloud Framework and Design:

Virtualisation: Utilises VMware on 64-bit equipment, providing mature and reliable virtualization.
Isolation: Data isolation at the OS level using VMware, ensuring logical separation of resources.
Guaranteed Resources: Dedicated memory, CPU, and disk resources for each customer.
Administrative Access: Managed by the client with strong authentication options.
Secure Web Console: Accessed via SSL, ensuring encrypted data transmission.
Role-Based Access: Granular control over access, firewall rules, and logging.
Secure VPN Connection: Options for IPSEC and SSL VPNs for secure connectivity.
Dedicated IP Addresses: Public and private IP addresses dedicated to customers.
Storage Management: Secure storage with strict lifecycle processes.
Firewall and Load Balancer: Managed individually by clients.
VLANs and Segmentation: Private VLANs and additional segmentation options.
Data Encryption at Rest: Support for encryption tools like Oracle Encryption, SQL Transparent Encryption, and more.
Colocation Support: Space, power, and connectivity for non-virtual environments.

Additional Security Services:

Multi-Factor Authentication: Secondary authentication for enhanced security.
Application Log Monitoring: Setup and management of logging from various servers.
SIEM: Centralized reporting for security event correlation.
Intrusion Detection Service (IDS): Real-time detection and logging of security events.
Log Aggregation: Managed service for historical and event correlation.
Database Access Monitoring: Logs and alarms on unauthorized access attempts.
Secure OS Builds: Professional hardening of OS configurations.
VPN Solutions: Comprehensive VPN solutions for secure communication.

Compliance Highlights:

Registered with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Security, Trust & Assurance Register (STAR).
SSAE 16 (SOC 1) Type II Audited: Audited annually. All our strategic partners’ DC Locations in the US, Brazil, Colombia, Turkey, and Amsterdam (NAP of Amsterdam and AMS 5) are in scope for either Colocation or Managed Services.
PCI Compliant: All our strategic partners’ DC Locations underlying infrastructure and facilities servicing Managed Hosting and A Cloud environment are in scope. Out of scope is the customer’s environment.
Safe Harbor Certified: Compliance with Safe Harbor Privacy Principles necessary for communication with the European Union.
ISO 27001 Certified: All our strategic partners’ DC Locations in the US, Europe, Brazil, and Turkey run ISO 27001 Certified Information Security Management Systems.
ITIL v3-based best practices: AVIANET uses ITIL as the primary operating framework for service delivery.

Conclusion

AVIANET’s A-Cloud provides a robust, secure, and compliant cloud environment tailored to the aviation industry’s needs. With multiple layers of security, dynamic defences, and comprehensive compliance measures, A-Cloud ensures the highest level of data protection and operational continuity.