Case Study: M1Xchange
Customer Overview
M1Xchange is a leading digital Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) platform in India, enabling MSMEs, corporates, and financial institutions to digitally manage invoice discounting and working capital financing.
The platform operates mission-critical financial workloads on AWS and must ensure high availability, strong security controls, regulatory compliance, and operational consistency across production and non-production environments.
Business Challenges
As M1Xchange scaled its digital financial ecosystem, infrastructure complexity increased. Managing multiple EC2 instances across environments required consistent patching, configuration governance, secure administrative access, and real-time visibility.
Manual operational processes were not scalable and posed compliance and security risks. The organization required centralized infrastructure control with automation and audit readiness.
Key Challenges
- Maintaining patch compliance across production workloads
- Reducing configuration drift between environments
- Securing administrative access without exposing SSH/RDP ports
- Achieving centralized visibility into infrastructure health
- Automating routine operational activities
- Maintaining detailed audit trails for financial regulatory requirements
AWS-Powered Solution by i2k2 Networks
i2k2 Networks implemented a centralized infrastructure governance framework using AWS Systems Manager as the primary operational management layer.
Integrated AWS Services
- Amazon EC2 – Application and backend workloads
- AWS Systems Manager – Centralized instance management
- Systems Manager Patch Manager – Automated OS patching
- Systems Manager Session Manager – Secure remote access
- Systems Manager Automation – Operational runbooks
- Systems Manager Inventory – Configuration tracking
- Amazon CloudWatch – Metrics and alerting
- AWS CloudTrail – Governance and audit logging
- All EC2 instances onboarded using SSM Agent with IAM role-based permissions (no direct key-based access).
Solution Highlights
Centralized Infrastructure Management
- All EC2 instances registered under Systems Manager Fleet Manager
- Tag-based grouping for production, staging, and UAT environments
- Real-time visibility into system health and patch status
- Centralized operational dashboard
Patch Management & Compliance
- Custom patch baselines defined as per security standards
- Automated patching via Maintenance Windows
- Patch compliance reports generated for audit requirements
- Reduced vulnerability exposure through regular update cycles
The solution ensures minimal service disruption with scheduled patch deployment strategies.
Automation & Operational Efficiency
- Standard automation documents for service restarts, configuration validation, and instance recovery
- Automated execution of routine operational tasks
- Faster incident remediation through predefined runbooks
- Reduced dependency on manual administrative intervention
Secure Access & Governance
- Session Manager enabled for secure shell access
- No public inbound SSH or RDP ports exposed
- IAM role-based access control with least privilege model
- Session logging enabled for compliance
- Full API traceability via CloudTrail
This significantly enhanced the security posture of M1Xchange’s financial workloads.
Monitoring & Audit
- CloudWatch monitors CPU, memory, and disk utilization
- Patch compliance dashboards track vulnerability posture
- CloudTrail records all Systems Manager activities
- Centralized logging ensures regulatory audit readiness
Outcomes & Business Impact
- Centralized governance of all EC2 workloads
- Improved patch compliance and reduced security risks
- Eliminated direct server exposure to the internet
- Reduced operational overhead through automation
- Faster troubleshooting and issue resolution
- Strengthened compliance posture for financial operations
M1Xchange achieved higher operational maturity while maintaining
performance and security standards required for a regulated fintech environment.
About i2k2 Networks
By leveraging AWS Systems Manager, i2k2 Networks delivered a secure, automated, and fully governed infrastructure management solution for M1Xchange.
The implementation enhanced compliance, improved operational efficiency, and strengthened infrastructure security—demonstrating i2k2 Networks’ expertise in delivering enterprise-grade AWS Systems Manager solutions