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Cloud Migration Assurance for Digital Payment Applications

Cloud Migration Assurance for Digital Payment Applications
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The Need for Digital Payment Applications to be Migrated to the Cloud:

Like all other industries, the payment industry is also evolving. The driving factors for the evolution are cost-reduction, convenience, speed, and security. These are the reasons why cloud systems are being considered for digital payment applications as well.

The main reason for having digital payment applications in the cloud is that customers can pay from anywhere if they have internet access. The usage is not restricted to physical POS devices. Hence, as business grows, investment in physical devices can be reduced.

Reconciliation is also easier and faster in cloud-based systems. Placing orders, updating prices, sales, and data reports can always be accessed from anywhere.

If migrated and implemented in the correct way, a cloud-based digital payment system will bring added convenience to customers and retailers, and also provide enhanced data security and reduce maintenance costs.

Cloud Migration Assurance:

The digital payment application to be migrated to the cloud should run flawlessly in the cloud environment.

Before migration, the functional and application performance should be checked to baseline the results. Post-migration, it should be ensured that the configurations, architecture, functionality, and performance are enhanced or at par with the on-premise baseline results.

Cloud Migration Assurance should cover the below:

Digital Payment Infrastructure and Network Assurance

Information and data are stored on virtual servers, and these servers are managed by cloud computing vendors. The objective of this testing is to validate the architecture of the application in the cloud. The below should be ensured and tested as part of the digital payment infrastructure and network assurance:

The Digital Payment Application and its Performance Assurance:

The digital payment application running in-house should be migrated to the cloud without impacting any end users. To ensure the same, the application may need some modifications to be compatible with the cloud environment.

The test strategy and plan should define the various types of testing to be conducted to ensure the application is working well. It should include functional testing, integration testing, performance testing, vulnerability testing, security testing, load and stress testing, and compliance testing. Testing should cover disaster recovery and business continuity plans as well.  The right testing tools and frameworks need to be identified and used.

Digital Payment Data and its Security Assurance:

Data is an integral part of a live system, and it is very important to define the strategy and plan to migrate data from in-house to the cloud. The following points should be taken into consideration for testing data migration:

After the migration is completed, system monitoring and tracking through dashboards is essential to track application availability, throughput, latency, and accessibility to ensure the successful migration of the application.

Cloud migration Tools:

Proper tools to ensure successful migration are required to be shortlisted.

Some testing tools used for infrastructure and network assurance include Nessus, AppPerfect, WireShark to name a few. Some functional and performance testing tools include QAWerk, Sauce Labs, LoadStorm, App Dynamics, and BlazeMeter. DataGaps, QuerySurge are some of the tools which can be used to ensure proper data migration. Tools like Carbonite Migrate, Turbonomic are used for monitoring and tracking the migrated application.

Conclusion:

Pre-migration advisory, migration assurance, and post-migration validation are all part of Cigniti’s Cloud Migration Assurance Services. The Cloud Assurance Platform (CLAP) is a complete testing platform developed on top of our AI-enabled quality engineering platform, BlueSwan, to deliver testing services throughout the migration lifecycle.

We have proven experience across cloud platforms with an understanding of enterprise applications such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and IBM Cloud.

We create value-added solutions with our Cloud assurance solution and deep BFSI domain knowledge, which will help you across the migration lifecycle. Our primary technical differentiators include Cigniti’s CLAP Platform, automated, reusable test scripts, and automated test strategy.

Cigniti’s Cloud Migration Assurance services can help you get the most out of your cloud transition for legacy payment applications.

Schedule a discussion with our Cloud Migration Assurance experts and BFSI Testing experts to learn more about cloud migration assurance in digital payment applications.

Author

  • Payel Ghosh has 18 years of experience in diverse technology projects in the banking and payments domain. She has rich experience and knowledge in the payments value chain and in-depth subject matter expertise in payment processing. Payel is a consultant with Cigniti's BFSI Practice and Centers of Excellence that focuses on building deep domain competence and developing solutions for the challenges faced by the industry.

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