Indian Insurance Provider

Client Overview: An Indian insurance provider with fragmented Dev and Ops workflows faced severe release delays and security risks. Code was manually transferred via USBs, environments were inconsistent, and no version control system existed. Regulatory mandates like IRDAI data localization and ISO 27001 compliance were unmet. The company engaged DevSecOps.ai to design and implement a secure, compliant, and scalable DevSecOps foundation from scratch. The transformation included enabling cloud adoption for non-sensitive workloads, streamlining delivery across hybrid infrastructure.

• Code Management: No version control system; USB-based file transfers leading to risk of code loss, lack of traceability, and poor collaboration.
• Deployment Delays: Manual deployments with no CI/CD tooling resulting in sluggish release cycles (feature delivery in 1.5 months).
• No Environment Parity: Development, staging, and production environments undefined, causing a high bug rate in production and poor testing effectiveness.
• Security Gaps: No scanning tools and secrets in plaintext, leaving them vulnerable to breaches and non-compliant with IRDAI standards.
• DevOps Tooling: No artifact repository or build system, leading to inefficient workflows and inconsistent builds.
• Infra Limitations: Monolithic VMs only with no cloud strategy, resulting in poor scalability and underutilized resources.

• 1. DevSecOps Setup from Scratch: Audited existing infrastructure. Established GitHub for source control. Set up Jenkins pipelines for CI (Build automation, Unit testing, Code coverage). Integrated Nexus for artifact management. Established IaC workflows using Bash and Terraform.
• 2. CI/CD & Environment Automation: Defined and deployed Development, Staging, and Production environments. Automated deployments via Jenkins pipelines with manual approval gates. Configured rollback support via Nexus.
• 3. Security by Design: Integrated SonarQube for SAST and OWASP ZAP for DAST in staging. Enforced secrets management. Set up dependency scanning and SBOM generation for compliance.
• 4. Hybrid Cloud Enablement: Migrated non-regulated, compute-intensive workloads to AWS. Set up secure network tunnels and IAM-based access controls for hybrid connectivity. Enabled S3-based artifact archiving.
• 5. Observability & Governance: Enabled Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring. Integrated audit logging and basic SIEM capabilities with Fluent Bit + Elasticsearch. Set up weekly compliance reports.

• 93% Faster Deployments: Release cycles reduced from 45 days to under 2 days.
• Cloud-Native Readiness: Cloud-adoption strategy implemented without breaching compliance.
• Full SDLC Visibility: Commit-to-deploy traceability across teams and tools.
• Regulatory Readiness: IRDAI & ISO 27001-ready access controls and logs.
• Improved Efficiency: Eliminated manual effort and human error via automation.
• Migrated 100% of application code and build artifacts to version-controlled and traceable systems.
• Established CI/CD pipelines and released over 20 production deployments in under 2 months.
• Identified and offloaded over 30% of infrastructure to AWS.

DevSecCops.ai enabled the insurance company to leap from a fragmented, manual release process to a modern, secure, and partially cloud-enabled DevSecOps platform. By building everything from scratch—version control, CI/CD, security, observability, and hybrid infrastructure—this transformation unlocked faster releases, reduced operational risks, and prepared the insurer for scalable, AI-ready workloads.