System and method for secure data transfer

A secure exchange system comprising:

• a computing device deployed within an on-premises network and communicatively coupled to a virtual private cloud network;
• the virtual private cloud network including:
• a plurality of gateways, each gateway of the plurality of gateways is configured to generate routing logic and one or more local directories, wherein each local directory of the one or more local directories uniquely corresponds to a public cloud storage element of a plurality of public cloud storage elements forming a public cloud storage service;
• and
• a gateway selector to select a gateway of the plurality of gateways to apply a load balancing scheme directed toward communication sessions from the on-premises network to the plurality of public cloud storage elements forming the public cloud storage service;
• a controller communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of gateways to restrict access to at least one local directory of the one or more local directories in response to a failure to authenticate a user,
• wherein the controller is configured to create a virtual private cloud (VPC) endpoint within a public cloud network infrastructure being logic that (i) enables resources external from the secure exchange system to access the plurality of public cloud storage elements via the one or more local directories, (ii) avoids the transfer of data outside the public cloud network infrastructure and over an Internet connection,
• wherein the routing logic is configured to communicate information associated with an incoming message relating to an element of the plurality of public cloud storage elements from the on-premises network and generate an inter-cloud message to access the element of the plurality of public cloud storage elements via the VPC endpoint.