The data doesn’t wait. It moves fast, across wires, through clouds, past borders. If you handle financial customer information, GLBA compliance is not optional. Every packet, every request, every connection must be locked down.
A VPC private subnet is the starting point. Keep sensitive workloads isolated from public networks. No direct internet access, no exposed IPs. To reach out, you route traffic through a proxy. The proxy controls, logs, and filters every outbound request. It enforces rules. It creates a choke point you can monitor and secure.
For GLBA compliance, you need clear boundaries between internal data and external services. Deploying inside a private subnet ensures systems with customer financial data can only communicate through approved channels. The proxy acts as the compliance guardrail. It meets the Safeguards Rule by giving you a single enforcement layer for encryption, logging, and access control.