Enterprise-grade security architecture protecting public health data and AI systems through NIST frameworks, ISO standards, and privacy-preserving technologies.
Public health data is among the most sensitive information in existence. Our security framework implements defense-in-depth strategies, continuous monitoring, and adherence to industry-leading standards.
Identify: Comprehensive asset inventory, data classification, and risk assessments conducted quarterly with health department stakeholders.
Protect: Access controls (role-based, least privilege), encryption at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.3), secure development lifecycle, and security awareness training.
Detect: Real-time intrusion detection, anomaly monitoring, security information and event management (SIEM), and threat intelligence integration.
Respond: Incident response plan with 24/7 on-call team, forensic capabilities, and mandatory breach notification procedures aligned with HIPAA timelines.
Recover: Disaster recovery with 4-hour RTO, daily encrypted backups, business continuity planning, and post-incident review processes.
HIPAA Compliance: Business associate agreements, administrative, physical, and technical safeguards meeting or exceeding Security Rule requirements.
ISO 27001: Information security management system certified by independent third-party auditors, with annual surveillance audits.
SOC 2 Type II: Annual attestation covering security, availability, confidentiality, and privacy trust service criteria, with reports available to partners under NDA.
GDPR Alignment: Data processing agreements, data subject rights workflows, privacy by design, and cross-border data transfer mechanisms (Standard Contractual Clauses).
State Privacy Laws: Compliance with CCPA, VCDPA, and other state-level privacy regulations applicable to public health data.
• AES-256 encryption at rest for all databases and file storage
• TLS 1.3 for all data in transit
• End-to-end encryption for sensitive communications
• Hardware security modules (HSM) for key management
• Multi-factor authentication (MFA) required for all users
• Role-based access control (RBAC) with least privilege
• Session timeout and automatic logout
• Comprehensive audit logging of all data access
• Virtual private cloud (VPC) isolation
• Web application firewall (WAF) with OWASP Top 10 protections
• DDoS mitigation and rate limiting
• Regular penetration testing by third-party firms
• Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC)
• Automated vulnerability scanning (SAST/DAST)
• Dependency management and patch automation
• Code review and security testing before deployment
• Adversarial robustness testing against evasion attacks
• Model versioning and integrity verification
• Input validation to prevent prompt injection
• Monitoring for data poisoning and model drift
• Differential privacy for statistical queries
• Federated learning to minimize data centralization
• De-identification and anonymization workflows
• Synthetic data generation for testing/training
Our incident response team follows a structured process aligned with NIST SP 800-61:
1. Preparation: 24/7 security operations center (SOC), documented playbooks, regular tabletop exercises, and designated incident response team with defined roles.
2. Detection & Analysis: Automated alerting, threat intelligence, log correlation, and triage within 15 minutes of detection.
3. Containment & Eradication: Immediate isolation of affected systems, forensic analysis, root cause identification, and remediation.
4. Recovery: Restoration from clean backups, verification of system integrity, and phased return to operations.
5. Post-Incident: Lessons learned review, partner notification (per contractual SLAs), regulatory reporting as required, and process improvements.
High Availability: Multi-region architecture with automatic failover, 99.9% uptime SLA, and redundant infrastructure.
Disaster Recovery: Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 4 hours, Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 1 hour, daily encrypted backups tested monthly.
Data Retention: Configurable retention policies aligned with legal and regulatory requirements, secure deletion processes, and chain-of-custody documentation.
Communication Plan: Escalation procedures, stakeholder notification templates, status page for service updates, and dedicated incident communication channels.
• Dedicated Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) reporting to executive leadership
• Security steering committee with cross-functional representation
• Quarterly risk reviews and board-level security reporting
• Security champions embedded in engineering teams
• Annual third-party security audits and penetration testing
• Bug bounty program with responsible disclosure policy
• Participation in health sector ISACs (H-ISAC)
• Regular security awareness training for all staff
• Due diligence assessments for all third-party vendors
• Annual vendor security reviews and attestations
• Contractual security requirements and SLAs
• Vendor access logging and monitoring
• Public security documentation and contact information
• Coordinated vulnerability disclosure process
• Incident transparency reporting (post-resolution)
• Annual security posture summary for partners
For security questions, compliance documentation requests, or to report a vulnerability, please contact our security team.