Data Centre VAPT: Hardening High-Availability Infrastructure

The Situation

Assessing Risk in a Complex Production Environment

A multi-regional data service provider required an independent, black-box security assessment of their production and non-production environments. The primary objective was to identify exploitable weaknesses from an external attacker's perspective without disrupting 24/7 service availability.

Assessment Scope

The engagement covered the entire external-facing infrastructure, including:

• Public-facing IP ranges and network services.
• Management portals and API endpoints.
• Production database clusters and backup systems.
• Non-production staging environments (potential pivots).

Our Approach

1. Reconnaissance & Footprinting: Mapping the entire digital footprint using advanced OSINT and discovery tools.
2. Attacker-Perspective Testing: Simulating real-world attack vectors to bypass perimeter defenses.
3. Vulnerability Analysis: Manual validation of automated findings to eliminate false positives.
4. Risk Register Creation: Generating a structured inventory of 47 findings with CVSS scores and business impact analysis.

Key Findings

The assessment uncovered several severe security gaps across the environment:

• Critical Foundings: 8 vulnerabilities allowing direct unauthorized access to production data.
• Broken Authentication: Exposed administrative interfaces with weak credential management.
• Misconfigured Cloud Assets: Open storage buckets containing sensitive configuration logs.

Result & Impact

Dravincon provided a comprehensive remediation roadmap, prioritizing the 8 critical findings for immediate action. Within 30 days, the client successfully hardened their perimeter and implemented a structured risk management process. All critical vulnerabilities were verified as fixed, significantly reducing the organization's risk profile.