MOSIP ON AWS: TECHNICAL DEEP DIVE EXPLORING ARCHITECTURE, IMPLEMENTATION, AND DEPLOYMENT MODELS

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AWS and Atos developed a cloud-based digital identity platform using MOSIP, addressing security challenges with multi-layered defenses like AWS Shield, WAF, CloudFront, segmented VPCs, and dedicated CloudHSM. It offers four hybrid deployment models for data sovereignty, from fully cloud to on-premises, with security controls such as data encryption, role-based access via OAuth2, and monitoring through GuardDuty and CloudWatch. Security teams should evaluate hybrid cloud architectures for sensitive government systems, implement defense-in-depth with hardware security modules, and use Infrastructure-as-Code for consistent security controls.