Cloud security architecture, layered so one gap isn't a breach.
PHI in the cloud needs more than a firewall. We design defense in depth — identity, network, compute, application and data controls that overlap — into HIPAA-eligible AWS, Azure and Google Cloud environments.
Defense in depth, from the edge to the data
No single control should be load-bearing. We design overlapping layers so an attacker who gets through one still faces the next — with identity and monitoring wrapping every layer.
Perimeter & edge
The outer boundary that filters what even reaches you.
Network
Segmentation and private paths so lateral movement is contained.
Compute & host
Hardened, patched and monitored workloads.
Application
Security built into how the software itself is made.
Data
The core — protected even if every other layer fails.
Cloud security from people who build on the cloud
Architecture designed by engineers who run production healthcare workloads — so the controls fit how systems really operate, not a checklist.
We secure the cloud the way we build on it — from the architecture out, not bolted on after.
HIPAA-eligible AWS, Azure and Google Cloud — under a BAA, configured for PHI.
Perimeter, network, compute, application and data — with identity and monitoring across all of them.
Security lives in infrastructure-as-code, so it's reviewable, repeatable and doesn't drift.
How we secure your cloud
From a clear-eyed posture review to a hardened, validated, defense-in- depth environment expressed in code — we own the architecture and the build.
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01Security architecture review
We assess your current cloud posture against how an attacker would actually approach it — and surface the misconfigurations that turn into incidents.
- Configuration review
- Identity & access audit
- Network & exposure map
- Findings & priorities
02Defense-in-depth design
We design the overlapping layers — identity, network, compute, application and data — so no single control is the only thing standing between an attacker and PHI.
- Layered control design
- Zero-trust model
- Segmentation plan
- Encryption & key design
03Implementation as code
We build the controls into your environment in infrastructure-as-code — so the security posture is version-controlled and survives every deploy.
- Terraform / IaC
- Guardrails & policy
- Secrets & key management
- CI/CD security gates
04Hardening & validation
We harden the environment against real attack paths and validate it — pen-test-informed, not assumption-based — before it carries production PHI.
- Benchmark hardening
- Attack-path testing
- Drift detection
- Continuous validation
The controls behind a defensible cloud
Identity & access
The control plane attackers target first — locked down and least-privilege.
- IAM design
- MFA & SSO
- RBAC & JIT access
- Federation
Network security
Segmentation and zero-trust paths that contain any single compromise.
- VPC architecture
- Segmentation
- Firewalls
- Private connectivity
Data protection
PHI encrypted, tokenized and watched wherever it lives.
- Encryption at rest
- Key management
- Tokenization
- DLP
Workload security
Hardened, patched, monitored compute across the estate.
- Hardened baselines
- Patch automation
- EDR
- Container security
Monitoring & detection
You see an incident early — and the evidence is already there.
- Logging & SIEM
- Threat detection
- Alerting
- Runbooks
Secure DevOps
Security shifted left, into the pipeline that ships your code.
- CI/CD gates
- IaC scanning
- Dependency checks
- Policy as code
Wherever your cloud is on its journey
Migrating PHI in, outgrowing an early setup, or cleaning up after a review found gaps — the fix is architectural, and that's what we do.
Migrating PHI to AWS, Azure or GCP
Lifting healthcare workloads into the cloud changes the threat model entirely. We design the security architecture before the migration, so PHI lands in an environment that's safe from day one.
- HIPAA-eligible design
- Migration security
- Landing zone
- BAA-ready config
Outgrowing an early setup
The architecture that got you to launch rarely survives scale. We harden and re-architect a growing cloud footprint before a misconfiguration becomes the breach.
- Posture hardening
- Re-architecture
- Cost-aware controls
- Guardrails at scale
A pen test or audit found gaps
A security review or customer assessment came back with findings. We fix the root causes in the architecture, not just the symptoms on the report — so the next review is clean.
- Root-cause fixes
- Remediation design
- Re-test support
- Lasting posture
Bolted-on tools or security by design
Most cloud breaches aren't exotic — they're a gap between tools that were never designed to work as one system. Architecture is the fix.
Controls retrofitted onto an environment that wasn't designed for them — leaving the gaps between tools that attackers live in, and a posture nobody fully understands.
- Gaps between tools
- Hard to reason about
- Drifts over time
- Single points of failure
Overlapping controls designed into the environment from the start, expressed in code, so the security posture is coherent, reviewable and holds up as the system grows.
- Defense in depth
- Coherent by design
- Expressed as code
- No load-bearing single control
From assessment to a monitored, hardened cloud
Current posture, exposure and attack paths.
The layered, zero-trust target architecture.
Controls implemented in infrastructure-as-code.
Benchmark hardening against real attack paths.
Test the design holds before production PHI.
Detection and drift control, ongoing.
Security principles we build by
The convictions behind every cloud we harden — the difference between a posture that holds and a stack of tools that hopes.
Defense in depth
No single control is load-bearing. Layers overlap so one failure isn't a breach.
Zero trust
Nothing is trusted by location. Every request is authenticated, authorized and logged.
Least privilege
Identities get the minimum they need, for the least time they need it.
Encrypt everything
PHI is encrypted in transit and at rest, with keys you control and rotate.
Security as code
Controls live in infrastructure-as-code — version-controlled, reviewable and drift-resistant.
Assume breach
We design so a compromise is detected fast and contained, not discovered months later.
Cloud security architecture FAQ
Which clouds do you work in?
AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, using their HIPAA-eligible services under a signed BAA. We design to each provider's well-architected and security frameworks rather than a generic template.
Isn't the cloud secure already?
The cloud operates on a shared-responsibility model: the provider secures the infrastructure, but you're responsible for everything you put on it — identity, network, data and configuration. Most breaches are misconfigurations on the customer side, which is exactly what we architect away.
Do you implement, or just advise?
Both. We design the architecture and build the controls in infrastructure-as-code with your team, so the posture is real and repeatable rather than a diagram in a slide deck.
Can you work across multiple clouds?
Yes. We design consistent identity, network, data and monitoring patterns across multi-cloud estates so security doesn't fragment as you spread across providers.
How does this relate to penetration testing?
We design and build the secure architecture; penetration testing validates it by trying to break in. They're complementary — and we offer both, so design and validation reinforce each other.
Is your cloud one misconfiguration from a breach?
Tell us what you run and where. We'll map the exposure and design the layered architecture that keeps a single mistake from becoming an incident.
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