Security & Audit
Security architecture and compliance auditing for systems that touch genomic, clinical or proprietary data.
TYPICAL CLIENT
A team about to touch genomic, clinical or proprietary data at scale for the first time
Usually a CTO, Head of Compliance, or founder preparing for a HIPAA, GDPR or GxP review, who needs a real architecture assessment and a clear remediation plan, not just a checklist that says everything is fine.
Six concrete deliverables, not a slide deck.
This is exactly what transfers to you at the end of this Security & Audit engagement.
Architecture & threat model document
A written map of your system’s attack surface, trust boundaries and data flows.
Penetration test report
Detailed findings from hands-on testing, ranked by real-world exploitability.
Remediation plan
A prioritized, actionable plan your engineering team can execute without further consulting.
Control mapping documentation
Your controls mapped explicitly to HIPAA, GDPR or GxP-aligned requirements.
Access control & logging configuration
Fine-grained access policies and audit logging configured and documented.
Incident response playbook
A written playbook your team can follow if an incident does occur.
What this service includes
Architecture review
Threat modeling and security architecture review for systems handling sensitive biological or clinical data.
Penetration testing
Hands-on vulnerability assessment and penetration testing against your actual production environment.
Compliance support
Documentation and control mapping aligned to HIPAA, GDPR and GxP-adjacent practices.
Access & incident-response design
Fine-grained access control, audit logging and incident-response playbooks built into the architecture.
What this looks like in a real engagement
Three concrete examples of the kind of work this service covers.
Pre-audit architecture review
A structured review of access controls, encryption and data flows against HIPAA, GDPR or GxP requirements before an external auditor does it for you.
Access control redesign for genomic data
Rebuilding who can see what, down to the record level, for a system where a real person’s genome is on the other end of every query.
Incident response plan for a research platform
A concrete, tested plan for what happens in the first 24 hours of a suspected breach, not a document that only exists for the auditors.
The data you can’t afford to get wrong.
Genomic and clinical data carries risk that a typical security audit doesn’t fully account for — re-identification risk, cross-institutional data-sharing terms, and long-term consequences that outlast a single breach disclosure.
We review, harden and certify the systems holding this data with that context built in — not a generic checklist audit.
How an engagement runs
Four stages, from initial scope to delivery.
Architecture & threat model
We map your system’s attack surface and data flows before recommending any changes.
Penetration test
Hands-on testing against your production and staging environments surfaces real, exploitable gaps.
Prioritized remediation
Findings are ranked by real-world risk, with a concrete remediation plan your team can execute.
Compliance documentation
Control mapping and audit-ready documentation are delivered alongside the technical fixes.
What we build it with
They found the gap our previous auditor missed twice — and told us exactly how to close it.CTO, clinical diagnostics platform
Before you reach out
We scope testing windows and methods to avoid production disruption, and always coordinate timing with your team in advance.
Yes, our compliance documentation is written specifically to be handed to a third-party auditor or regulator.
Critical findings are reported immediately, not held for a final report, so you can remediate without delay.
Explore related work
Not sure your current system would pass an audit?
Tell us what the system handles and who accesses it — we’ll scope a review.