Connecting to VirtuCrypt Access Points (VAPs) through AWS

this guide provides an overview of connecting to a virtucrypt vap (virtual access point) what is a virtucrypt access point? a virtucrypt access point (vap) is a virtucrypt owned virtual private cloud virtual private clouds provide a logically separated section of the public cloud, where an organization, in this case, virtucrypt, defines its own virtual network the vap allows secure access to virtucrypt 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 the us/canada, europe, or latin america), access from on premises applications via a vpn, or hybrid environments virtucrypt access points enable customers 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 virtucrypt service are included within the boundaries of the vap access vpc (virtual private cloud) additionally, only servers associated with virtucrypt should exist within that vpc virtucrypt environments handle your organization's secure and encrypted information to safeguard the security of your financial information, it is recommended that all other aws environments belonging to the organization be kept separate for your reference, a high level sample of a customer aws network diagram is included below in this diagram, the ec2 instances represent the applications that will integrate with the customer's virtucrypt service