BrickStor SP for Compliance & Audit
How a Florida-based healthcare provider achieves real-time auditing of sensitive data and active defense against cybercrime.
The Challenge
A palliative and hospice care organization managing sensitive patient records and confidential corporate files faced escalating ransomware threats and a growing compliance burden. With U.S. healthcare data breaches averaging $10.1M per incident (2022 IBM/Ponemon) and healthcare cyberattacks accelerating 50% since 2020, the organization needed real-time visibility, active defense, and audit-ready compliance without disrupting existing infrastructure.
- HIPAA-ready audit trails with per-file, per-user, per-session logging
- Active defense against ransomware targeting patient data
- Zero trust access controls for sensitive department data
- Cold data archiving to reduce primary storage costs
Results
- Real-Time Audit VisibilitySecond-by-second logging of every file operation — file accessed, user identity, timestamp, location, and stated purpose — creating an always-ready compliance record.
- Active Ransomware DefenseReal-time encryption monitoring and active defense stopped ransomware threats before data could be affected, without manual intervention.
- Immutable SnapshotsImmutable point-in-time snapshots enable rapid, surgical recovery of affected files without restoring from full backup — minimizing RTO and data loss.
- Zero Trust FrameworkBrickStor SP layered onto existing infrastructure without network policy changes, creating a zero trust framework around 6 TB of sensitive unstructured data.
- Cold Data ArchivalTransparent Data Movement freed storage capacity on Dell/EMC VNX SAN drives by securely archiving cold data — reducing costs without compromising protection.
- Scalable Across DepartmentsInitial deployment secured the IT department, with plans already in place to expand BrickStor SP protection to additional departments organization-wide.
“What sold us was having full visibility over every file operation and audit-ready compliance reports. RackTop layers on top of everything you already have in place.”
— Senior Systems Administrator
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