Executive Summary

Mentex School of Counselling and Psychotherapy is dedicated to addressing the global shortage of qualified mental health professionals through specialized courses and workshops. By offering expert-led training, Mentex enhances the skills, knowledge, and employability of mental health workers, including social workers and psychologists. To support their mission, Mentex partnered with Aabasoft Technologies to migrate their video storage and delivery system from third party solution to an AWS-based solution, prioritizing Amazon CloudFront for optimized, low-latency content delivery. This secure and scalable architecture ensures robust security, global accessibility, and complete control over sensitive course materials.

About Customer

Mentex School of Counselling and Psychotherapy is an innovator in mental health education, led by experienced Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatric Social Workers, and Counsellors. The institution develops tailored training programs that blend user-centric design, scalability, and seamless integration to meet diverse professional needs. Mentex courses are meticulously crafted to enhance operational efficiency and excellence, equipping mental health professionals with the expertise to support global mental well-being.

Customer Challenge

Mentex faced several critical challenges in managing and securing their video storage and delivery system while relying on third party solution. As they sought to transition to a cloud-based environment, they encountered unique challenges that needed to be addressed to ensure the safety and integrity of their data and applications:

• Content Security: Protecting sensitive course videos from unauthorized access and potential breaches to maintain confidentiality.
• System Configuration: Ensuring proper setup of services to avoid vulnerabilities that could compromise platform reliability.
• Responsibility Clarity: Understanding the division of security and management responsibilities between Mentex and their cloud provider.
• Network Safety: Securing data transmission to, within, and from the cloud to prevent interception or unauthorized access.
• Application Protection: Ensuring the web application delivering training content was secure from vulnerabilities and cyber threats.
• Rising Cyber Threats: Addressing the growing risk of web-based attacks with a robust security framework for both development and production environments.
• Resource Efficiency: Balancing resource use to ensure high availability and performance while keeping costs manageable.

To address these challenges, Mentex partnered with Aabasoft Technologies to implement a comprehensive cloud-based solution focused on security, availability, and optimized content delivery.

Solution

Aabasoft implemented a tailored cloud-based solution for Mentex, utilizing a content delivery network for optimized global video delivery and a secure storage system for course content. The solution was designed to address Mentex primary concern of cost management by implementing automated cost monitoring to prevent budget overruns.

Aabasoft’s approach included the following configurations:

• Global Content Delivery: Deployed a content delivery network to deliver low-latency video streaming to users worldwide, optimizing performance with secure protocols and authentication mechanisms.
• Secure Storage Setup: Configured a secure storage system for course videos, with encryption and restricted access to authorized users only, ensuring data protection and integrity.
• Edge Processing: Integrated serverless edge computing to enhance content delivery by dynamically processing requests at the network edge, improving security and performance.
• Cost Monitoring and Automation: Set up cost monitoring with a custom budget threshold, triggering an alarm when costs approach a specified limit. An automated mechanism was implemented to suspend the content delivery network if the alarm is triggered, preventing unexpected expenses
• Security Measures: Applied custom security rules to filter malicious traffic, network isolation to segment application components, and access controls to secure data transmission.

Success Measures

The success of the cloud-based solution was evaluated through key performance indicators aligned with Mentex’s goals. User feedback highlighted a 40% reduction in video load times, improving the learning experience for students across global regions. Cost management was achieved, with expenses consistently staying within the predefined budget due to automated monitoring and service suspension, resulting in a 25% cost saving compared to projections without these controls. Security audits confirmed zero unauthorized access incidents, validating the effectiveness of encryption and access controls. Additionally, the platform maintained 99.9% uptime, ensuring reliable access to training content. Student enrollment increased by 15% post-migration, attributed to enhanced performance and accessibility, demonstrating the solution’s impact on Mentex’s mission.

Results and Benefits

The implementation of AWS Cloudfront brought several significant benefits to MENTEX:

• Enhanced Security: Private S3 buckets, signed CloudFront URLs, and HTTPS encryption ensured secure storage and delivery of video content.
• Global Reach: Cloudfront worldwide edge network significantly reduced latency, enabling fast and reliable video streaming across international locations.
• Cost efficiency: The Pay-as-you-go model of AWS, combined with cloudfront intelligent caching, optimized operational cost as usage scaled.
• Improved performance: Faster load times and reduced buffering led to a much better streaming experience for students accessing training videos.

Conclusion

By partnering with Aabasoft Technologies and leveraging CloudFront and AWS S3, Mentex successfully transformed their video storage and delivery system. The solution addressed security, scalability, and performance challenges, enabling Mentex to deliver high-quality training to mental health professionals globally. This strategic collaboration ensures Mentex is well-positioned for continued growth and success in their mission to empower the next generation of mental health professionals.