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Healthcare & HIPAA
BAA InfrastructurePHI EncryptionAudit-Ready

HIPAA-konformes Hosting & BAA-Infrastruktur

Sichere Cloud-Hosting für Covered Entities

100%
BAA Coverage
All cloud providers
256-bit
AES Encryption
At rest & in transit
99.99%
Uptime SLA
Multi-AZ redundancy
$0
HIPAA Violations
Across all clients
What Is HIPAA Compliant Hosting?

HIPAA-compliant hosting is cloud infrastructure configured to meet the technical safeguards required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In practice, that means signed Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) with your cloud providers, encryption of Protected Health Information (PHI) both at rest and in transit, tight access controls, audit logging, and automated breach detection. If your system stores, processes, or transmits PHI, you're legally required to run it on HIPAA-compliant infrastructure — no exceptions for covered entities or business associates.

Wo Projekte scheitern

No signed BAA with your cloud provider One breach without a BAA can trigger fines up to $1.9M per violation category under HHS enforcement.
PHI sitting in unencrypted databases or object storage Unencrypted PHI is a reportable breach by default — the risk assessment safe harbor doesn't apply.
No centralized audit logging for PHI access OCR investigators ask for 6 years of access logs during audits. Missing logs mean automatic findings, full stop.
Real patient data in development and staging environments Non-production environments without proper safeguards are, consistently, the number one source of accidental PHI exposure.
Manual infrastructure provisioning with undocumented configs Configuration drift creates security gaps that look fine on day one and fall apart under a sustained audit.
No automated intrusion detection or breach notification pipeline HIPAA gives you 60 days to report a breach. Without automation, most teams miss that window.

Compliance

Business Associate Agreements

We configure and document signed BAAs with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud as part of every deployment. Your BAA chain is complete — from application layer down to infrastructure provider.

PHI Encryption at Rest & In Transit

AES-256 encryption for all stored PHI, TLS 1.3 for data in transit. Key management runs through AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, or Google Cloud KMS with automatic rotation built in.

Role-Based Access Controls

Granular IAM policies enforce least-privilege access to PHI. Every service account, developer role, and API token gets scoped to exactly the permissions it needs — nothing more.

Immutable Audit Logging

CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, or Google Cloud Audit Logs capture every PHI access event. Logs live in tamper-proof, append-only storage with 7-year retention.

Automated Vulnerability Scanning

Continuous scanning across infrastructure and application layers for CVEs and misconfigurations. Alerts fire in minutes, not days, with automated remediation for known patterns.

Breach Detection & Notification Pipeline

Real-time anomaly detection via GuardDuty, Sentinel, or Security Command Center. Automated notification workflows keep you inside that 60-day HIPAA breach reporting window.

Was wir bauen

Multi-Cloud BAA Architecture

Deploy on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud — or across multiple providers — with BAA coverage at every layer of the stack.

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Every resource is version-controlled, auditable, and reproducible. That kills configuration drift and eliminates undocumented changes before they become audit problems.

PHI Data Isolation

Dedicated VPCs, private subnets, and network segmentation make sure PHI never shares resources with non-compliant workloads.

Automated Backup & Disaster Recovery

Cross-region encrypted backups with tested recovery procedures and documented RPO/RTO targets that satisfy HIPAA's continuity requirements.

Synthetic PHI for Development

Realistic but fully synthetic patient data for staging and development. Real PHI doesn't leave production.

Compliance Documentation Package

Everything gets delivered with a complete technical safeguards matrix, network diagrams, and risk assessment documentation ready for an OCR audit.

Unser Prozess

01

PHI Scope & Risk Assessment

We map every system that touches PHI, pin down your covered entity or business associate obligations, and document the risk profile that shapes every architecture decision.
Week 1
02

Architecture & BAA Setup

We design the cloud architecture using BAA-backed services only. IAM policies, encryption configurations, network isolation, and audit logging are all in place from day one — not bolted on later.
Week 2-3
03

Infrastructure Deployment

All resources get provisioned via Terraform with peer-reviewed pull requests. Every change is logged, reversible, and tied back to a specific compliance requirement.
Week 3-5
04

Security Validation & Penetration Testing

We run both automated and manual security assessments against the deployed infrastructure — encryption, access controls, breach detection pipelines, all of it tested under realistic conditions.
Week 5-6
05

Documentation & Handoff

We hand over the complete compliance documentation package, train your team on day-to-day operational procedures, and stick around for 30 days of post-launch monitoring and support.
Week 6-7
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Häufige Fragen

Ist AWS standardmäßig HIPAA-konform?

Nein. AWS bietet HIPAA-eligible Services an und unterzeichnet eine BAA, aber Compliance ist eine gemeinsame Verantwortung. Sie müssen selbst Verschlüsselung, Zugriffskontrolle, Audit-Logging und Netzwerkisolation korrekt konfigurieren. Das Ausführen auf AWS macht Ihre Anwendung nicht HIPAA-konform — die Konfiguration und Ihre operativen Verfahren sind das, was tatsächlich zählt.

Was ist eine Business Associate Agreement (BAA)?

Eine BAA ist ein rechtlich erforderlicher Vertrag zwischen einer Covered Entity und jedem Anbieter, der PHI in ihrem Namen verarbeitet. AWS, Azure und Google Cloud bieten alle BAAs an, aber jede deckt nur spezifische Services innerhalb ihrer Plattform ab. Die Verwendung eines Services, der nicht durch eine BAA gedeckt ist, um PHI zu verarbeiten, ist eine Compliance-Verletzung — egal was sonst noch vorhanden ist.

Kann ich eine HIPAA-konforme Anwendung auf Vercel oder Netlify hosten?

Vercel und Netlify unterzeichnen derzeit keine BAAs, daher können sie Anwendungen, die PHI verarbeiten oder speichern, nicht hosten. Das heißt, Sie können sie für statische Frontend-Assets ohne PHI verwenden, während Sie Ihr Backend und Ihre Datenbank auf BAA-covered AWS-, Azure- oder Google Cloud-Services ausführen. Das ist praktikabel, solange die Grenze sauber ist.

Wie viel kostet HIPAA-konformes Hosting pro Monat?

Monatliche Infrastrukturkosten liegen typischerweise zwischen 500 und 5.000 Euro, je nach Compute, Storage und Datenübertragung. Die höhere Summe ist normalerweise die anfängliche Architektur- und Konfigurationsarbeit. Ecken bei der Einrichtung zu sparen, um monatliche Kosten zu senken, ist genau wie Breaches passieren. Unser pauschal verechneter Setup stellt sicher, dass die Grundlage audit-ready ist, bevor etwas live geht.

Benötige ich HIPAA-Compliance, wenn ich nur de-identifizierte Daten verarbeite?

Wenn Ihre Daten alle 18 Safe Harbor-De-Identifizierungskriterien unter 45 CFR 164.514 erfüllen, ist es keine PHI mehr und HIPAAs technische Safeguards gelten nicht. Teilweise De-Identifizierung funktioniert nicht — ein verbleibendes Identifier und Sie sind zurück zur vollständigen PHI-Behandlung. Wir helfen Ihnen, Ihre De-Identifizierungsmethodik zu überprüfen, bevor Sie diese Annahme treffen.

Was passiert während eines OCR HIPAA Audits?

Das Office for Civil Rights fragt nach Risk Assessments, Dokumentation technischer Safeguards, BAAs, Zugriffslogs, Breach Response Procedures und Schulungsunterlagen der letzten sechs Jahre. Unser Compliance-Dokumentationspaket ist strukturiert, um diese Anfragen zu beantworten, ohne Last-Minute-Hektik. Und weil alles Infrastructure-as-Code ist, ist jede Konfigurationsentscheidung nachverfolgbar und verteidigbar.

HIPAA Compliant Hosting from $12,000
Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support included.
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