Connect to VirtuCrypt Access Points (VAPs) through AWS

this guide provides an overview of connecting to a {{vc}} virtual access point (vap) through aws what is a vap? a vap is a {{vc}} owned virtual private cloud virtual private clouds provide a logically separated section of the public cloud, where an organization, in this case {{vc}} , defines its own virtual network the vap allows secure access to {{vc}} from a public cloud without directly traversing the internet it also supports various access methods, including connections between different public cloud provider regions (such as usa/canada, europe, or latin america), access from on premises applications through a vpn, or hybrid environments vaps enable you to connect to the service through this private connection architecture overview it is important to follow best practices by ensuring that only databases and applications directly related to the {{vc}} service are included within the vap access virtual private cloud (vpc) boundaries additionally, only servers associated with {{vc}} should exist within that vpc {{vc}} environments handle your organization's secure and encrypted information to protect your financial information security, we recommend keeping all other aws environments in the organization separate following is a high level sample of a customer aws network diagram for your reference in this diagram, the ec2 instances represent the applications that integrate with the customer's {{vc}} service aws network diagram