Client:
A small healthcare provider with 35 employees and 50 endpoints that needed to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations while securing patient data.
Challenge:
The healthcare provider had outdated systems handling sensitive patient data (ePHI), lacked sufficient encryption, and did not have proper access controls in place for employees accessing medical records.
Solution:
- Conducted a vulnerability assessmentacross internal systems and external-facing applications to identify security gaps.
- Discovered misconfigurations in the server handling patient records and unpatched systems vulnerable to known exploits.
- Implemented encryption for data at rest and in transit, ensuring HIPAA compliancefor handling ePHI.
- Hardened access control policies by introducing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)for all staff members with access to patient data.
- Deployed endpoint protection software to mitigate risks of ransomware and phishing attacks.
Outcome:
The provider achieved HIPAA compliance within 60 days, with vulnerabilities reduced by 95%. No further compliance issues or data breaches were reported after the remediation work. The client also saw a 40% improvement in overall network performance after implementing security patches and optimizing infrastructure.
