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Guidance for Integration with Futurex Payment Hardware Security Module on AWS

Overview

This Guidance demonstrates how to move from on-premises payment hardware security modules (HSMs) to the cloud by connecting to Futurex’s Payment HSM through AWS Marketplace. The architecture applies to various payment functionalities, such as personal identification number (PIN) translation and card verification value (CVV) verification, and complies with regulatory standards for processing sensitive cardholder data.

How it works

These technical details feature an architecture diagram to illustrate how to effectively use this solution. The architecture diagram shows the key components and their interactions, providing an overview of the architecture's structure and functionality step-by-step.

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The architecture diagram above is an example of a Solution created with Well-Architected best practices in mind. To be fully Well-Architected, you should follow as many Well-Architected best practices as possible.

AWS PrivateLink connects your on-premises networks to private subnets, making it easier to manage your global network through a simplified network architecture.  

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Payment customers connect to the payment HSM from a private subnet and sends commands over private endpoints. Network traffic using PrivateLink doesn’t traverse the public internet, reducing exposure to threats such as brute force and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.  

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This architecture uses a modular approach so that different workloads can scale based on increased demand of transactions. 

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PrivateLink connects AWS services across different accounts and VPCs without requiring an internet gateway, network address translation (NAT) device, or public IP address. By controlling access to your VPC, you can manage traffic and data access patterns. 

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PrivateLink optimizes the network path, helping you reduce costs associated with NAT gateways, NAT instances, and firewall maintenance. 

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This architecture uses services that can dynamically scale to meet demand. This reduces the amount of compute power required by backend services that would otherwise need to keep running, even when workloads decrease. 

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