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Healthcare & HIPAA

BAA InfrastructurePHI EncryptionAudit-Ready

HIPAA-compatibele Hosting & BAA-infrastructuur

Veilige Cloud Hosting voor Covered Entities

100%

BAA Coverage

All cloud providers

256-bit

AES Encryption

At rest & in transit

99.99%

Uptime SLA

Multi-AZ redundancy

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.

Waar projecten falen

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.

Wat we bouwen

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.

Ons proces

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

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

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

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

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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Veelgestelde vragen

Is AWS standaard HIPAA-compliant?

Nee. AWS biedt HIPAA-geschikt services en zal een BAA ondertekenen, maar compliance is een gedeelde verantwoordelijkheid. Je moet zelf versleuteling, toegangscontrole, audit logging en netwerkisolatie correct configureren. Draait op AWS maakt je applicatie niet HIPAA-compliant — de configuratie en je operationele procedures bepalen dat werkelijk.

Wat is een Business Associate Agreement (BAA)?

Een BAA is een wettelijk vereist contract tussen een covered entity en elke leverancier die PHI namens hen verwerkt. AWS, Azure en Google Cloud bieden allemaal BAA's, maar elke dekt alleen specifieke services binnen hun platform. Het gebruik van een service zonder BAA-dekking voor PHI-verwerking is een complianceschending — ongeacht wat je verder hebt ingericht.

Kan ik een HIPAA-compatibele applicatie op Vercel of Netlify hosten?

Vercel en Netlify ondertekenen momenteel geen BAA's, dus ze kunnen geen applicaties hosten die PHI verwerken of opslaan. Dat gezegd hebbende, je kunt ze gebruiken voor statische frontend-assets zonder PHI, terwijl je backend en database draaien op BAA-gedekte AWS-, Azure- of Google Cloud-services. Het is werkbaar, zolang de grens schoon is.

Hoeveel kost HIPAA-compatibele hosting per maand?

Maandelijkse infrastructuurkosten liggen meestal tussen €500 en €5.000, afhankelijk van compute, opslag en datatransfer. Het grotere bedrag is meestal het initiële architectuur- en configuratiewerk. Inleveren op setup-kwaliteit om maandelijkse kosten te besparen is precies hoe datalekken ontstaan. Onze all-in-one setup zorgt ervoor dat de basis audit-ready is voordat iets live gaat.

Heb ik HIPAA-compliance nodig als ik alleen geanonimiseerde gegevens verwerk?

Als je gegevens aan alle 18 Safe Harbor-anonimiseringscriteria onder 45 CFR 164.514 voldoen, is het geen PHI meer en zijn HIPAA's technische waarborgen niet van toepassing. Gedeeltelijke anonimisering volstaat niet — één resterende identifier en je bent terug bij volledige PHI-behandeling. We helpen je je anonimiseringsmethodologie verifiëren voordat je die aanname doet.

Wat gebeurt er tijdens een OCR HIPAA-audit?

Het Office for Civil Rights vraagt om risicobeoordelingen, documentatie van technische waarborgen, BAA's, toegangslogboeken, procedures voor datalekbestrijding en trainingsregisters van zes jaar terug. Ons compliance-documentatiepakket is opgebouwd om die verzoeken te beantwoorden zonder last-minute drukte. En omdat alles infrastructure-as-code is, is elke configuratiebeslissing traceerbaar en verdedigbaar.

HIPAA Compliant Hosting from $12,000

Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support included.

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