# Platform Overview

The VGS Platform includes both a Control Plane and a Data Plane. The control plane decides how data is managed, routed, and processed, while the data plane is responsible for the actual moving of data. The control plane also allows administration of users, organizations, reporting, usage, and observability.

### Control Plane Services

* [Vault Dashboard](https://dashboard.verygoodsecurity.com/)
* [CMP Dashboard](https://dashboard.verygoodsecurity.com/cmp)
* [Observability](https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/enterprise-platform/core-platform-services/observability)
* [IAM](https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/enterprise-platform/access-management/identity-and-access-management-iam)
* [Notifications](https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/enterprise-platform/developer-resources/webhook-notifications)

### Data Plane Services

* [Vault](https://app.gitbook.com/s/UreALQAfVnRMQEz110rC/vault)
* [Proxies](https://app.gitbook.com/s/UreALQAfVnRMQEz110rC/http-proxy)
* [Batch File Transmission Services](https://app.gitbook.com/s/UreALQAfVnRMQEz110rC/batch-file-transmission)
* [Connectivity](https://docs.verygoodsecurity.com/enterprise-platform/developer-resources/advanced-connectivity)

## Regional Availability

The control plane of VGS is centrally deployed with a shared architecture hosted out of the us-east-1 AWS region while the data plane is deployed in multiple regions to provide customers with deployments that are close to where their customers are located.

| Component     | Region             | Notes                                                                   |
| ------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Control Plane | AWS us-east-1      | This shared component serves all data plane deployments.                |
| Data Plane    | AWS us-east-1      | This environment is used for US customers production traffic.           |
| Data Plane    | AWS us-east-2      | This environment is active standby for US customers production traffic. |
| Data Plane    | AWS eu-central-1   | This environment is used for EU based customers production traffic.     |
| Data Plane    | AWS ap-southeast-1 | This environment is used for APAC based customers production traffic.   |

Don't see your region here? Speak directly to the VGS team to learn about the roadmap for additional regional deployments.


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