Healthcare
Protecting a Healthcare Portal with AWS WAF & Shield
Improving compliance and security for a HIPAA-regulated web application
Client:Regional Healthcare Provider
1The Challenge
The client needed to ensure their patient-facing web portal complied with HIPAA regulations while defending against bot traffic, injection attacks, and credential stuffing — all without impacting application availability.
2Our Solution
- Integrated AWS WAF with Amazon CloudFront to deliver edge-level protection against malicious requests
- Applied managed rule groups in AWS WAF to cover OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Enabled rate-based rules and AWS Bot Control to mitigate brute-force login attempts and automated scraping
- Deployed AWS Shield Advanced for real-time DDoS mitigation and proactive incident response
- Configured centralized monitoring and alerts with Amazon CloudWatch and AWS SNS for rapid response
- Enabled AWS Config and AWS KMS to ensure continuous compliance and encryption of sensitive healthcare data
3The Results
- 100% adherence to HIPAA-compliant security controls
- 25,000+ malicious requests blocked per day with less than 1% false positives
- 99.99% application uptime maintained even during large-scale attack attempts
- 40% improvement in threat detection and response speed with centralized monitoring
- 30% increase in patient trust and portal engagement due to improved reliability
Technologies We Used
AWS WAFAWS Shield AdvancedAmazon CloudFrontAWS Bot ControlAmazon CloudWatchAWS SNSAWS ConfigAWS KMS
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