Secure, real-time broker data synchronization on AWS

ClearedApps provides institutional clearing and market-surveillance capabilities for financial organizations handling highly sensitive trading records. The platform needed to exchange data continuously with broker environments while maintaining strict isolation, encryption, traceability, and jurisdiction-aware controls.

The architecture also had to connect AWS securely with on-premises broker and database environments. Public data paths were not acceptable: broker traffic, database synchronization, operational access, and recovery flows needed controlled private connectivity and a defensible audit trail.

CloudVests designed and implemented the hybrid AWS foundation, working with the ClearedApps team to align database replication, network security, application protection, encryption, observability, and recovery as one regulated operating model.

Continuous broker data synchronization

AWS Database Migration Service used ongoing change data capture to synchronize database changes between broker and on-premises sources and Amazon RDS in AWS. This provided a continuously updated AWS data layer while minimizing disruption to the operational source systems.

Hybrid replication and recovery

The replication design maintained a near-real-time copy of database changes across the on-premises and AWS environments, strengthening recovery readiness in addition to the platform’s managed backup controls. Amazon RDS provided a managed database foundation with availability, monitoring, and recovery capabilities integrated into the wider operating process.

Private VPN and firewall-controlled traffic

AWS Site-to-Site VPN connected the AWS environment with broker and on-premises networks. Broker data traffic traversed encrypted VPN paths and firewall controls, with Amazon VPC segmentation and routing policies restricting communication to explicitly approved sources, destinations, ports, and services.

Application and API protection

AWS WAF protected public application and API entry points from common web exploits and unwanted traffic before requests reached the workload. Network and application controls were layered so the public edge, private broker connections, and database synchronization paths were governed independently.

Encryption, identity, and audit evidence

AWS Key Management Service governed encryption keys for data at rest, while encrypted protocols protected data in transit. AWS Identity and Access Management enforced least-privilege access, and AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config retained evidence of administrative activity and configuration change.

Operational visibility

Amazon CloudWatch consolidated database, replication, network, and application health signals. Alerts focused on replication lag, connection health, database capacity, and service availability so operational teams could identify degradation before it affected regulated data flows.

ClearedApps gained a secure hybrid platform in which broker data changes are synchronized continuously into Amazon RDS without exposing the database path to the public internet. VPN, firewall, identity, encryption, and audit controls now protect the data flow from source to destination.

The continuously replicated AWS data layer improves recovery readiness while giving the operations team measurable visibility into synchronization health, connectivity, and database behavior. Security evidence is generated through normal platform operation rather than assembled manually before each review.

“We found CloudVests to be a crucial and reliable technology partner, demonstrating a deep understanding of our RegTech business and the specific needs of financial institutions.” — Mohammad Abu Jazar, CEO, ClearedApps