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Mednet Protects Phi, Ensures HIPAA Compliance and Grows the Web Platform with Wallarm

Technology Category
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
  • Processors & Edge Intelligence - Embedded & Edge Computers
Applicable Industries
  • Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions
  • Business Operation
Use Cases
  • Cybersecurity
Services
  • Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
  • Cybersecurity Services
The Challenge
MedNet Solutions, a provider of eClinical solutions, was in the process of migrating its Electronic Data Capture (EDC) product, iMedNet, to AWS. As part of this migration, the company needed to implement reliable, scalable security measures to meet customer requests and HIPAA compliance requirements. The company was looking for a Web Application Firewall (WAF) security solution that could monitor and secure their web-based application, iMedNet. Several WAF competitors met the requirements but required the traffic to be routed through their proxy servers, which would necessitate the execution of a BAA agreement and higher costs.
About The Customer
MedNet Solutions is a global provider of eClinical technology platforms. Since 2001, the company's platforms have been deployed worldwide to support the clinical research initiatives of its global partners—from pre-clinical through phase IV studies—across medical device, pharma, biotech, and animal trials. MedNet Solutions is known for its customer-centric approach, openness, integrity, and unmatched 24/7 customer support. The company supports over 1000 clinical studies in more than 70 countries and currently has more than 300 active trials. MedNet Solutions offers rapid database builds for any clinical trials-small or large, simple or complex.
The Solution
MedNet Solutions chose Wallarm as their WAF solution. Wallarm is a managed service with security professionals monitoring the traffic to and from iMedNet, saving MedNet Solutions from having to develop this expertise in-house. Unlike some competitors, Wallarm's proxy servers are located on MedNet’s infrastructure, which means MedNet is not required to have a BAA with Wallarm as a vendor. The Wallarm solution is simple to update and deploy, with MedNet utilizing the Wallarm Docker container deployment option. The web-based management interface provides a near real-time view of the traffic being managed along with information about attacks and incidents. In addition, Wallarm provides vulnerability scanning, checking exposed IP addresses that it associates with MedNet Solutions. The team initially deployed it as a proof of concept to ensure it would meet their requirements, including performance testing with their application to be sure that the WAF did not introduce a bottleneck.
Operational Impact
  • MedNet Solutions found that Wallarm deployment architecture in AWS is an excellent fit for securing iMedNet.
  • Wallarm deploys as a Docker containers within the MedNet account, which allows MedNet to scale the solution with the load balancers and, at the same time, avoid the extra costs of additional BAA agreements.
  • Wallarm integrates well with existing infrastructure management tools like Sumo Logic.

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