Cleerly, a groundbreaking digital health company, leverages ClearDATA’s comprehensive compliance and security solutions to scale its cardiac AI technology. With the help of ClearDATA’s AWS Level 1 MSSP Partner capabilities, Cleerly has been able to scale 10x while maintaining a secure and compliant cloud environment.
The Challenge
At Cleerly’s inception, their small 4-person engineering team budgeted over 50% of their productivity for security and compliance-related activity, diminishing their capacity for product development and innovation. Moreover, Cleerly’s networking structure was not built to scale.
Meanwhile, Cleerly was unable to engage their target market – providers – without demonstration of strict security measures, including SOC 2 and HITRUST. Their leadership understood that the pursuit of those certifications would entail a significant investment of time and money – potentially slowing their go-to-market ambitions.
“From an IT perspective, there’s a lot of concern about security and governance organizations inside of health systems,” said Nick Nieslanik, Chief Technology Officer at Cleerly. “So, our roadmap is focused on making it as easy as possible for health systems to trust us. They want to have a full menu of options available since their environment may be highly customized to their workflow needs and runs a combination of integrated systems. Every health system environment is unique in their needs, and we have to figure out how to be configurable enough to fit all of those needs – securely and as efficiently as possible.”
The Solution
Cleerly CTO researched opportunities to escalate growth and pursue demonstrable compliance and security, without slowing down his dev team. Ultimately, the company engaged ClearDATA, a healthcare-focused managed cloud, compliance, and cyber defense organization with a proven history of helping healthcare – especially startups – navigate the cloud amidst a complex and evolving healthcare risk landscape. ClearDATA supported Cleerly with the expansion of their total addressable market (TAM) and reach new providers that required SOC 2. By leveraging ClearDATA’s certifications and support, Cleerly was able to accelerate the preparation for their SOC 2 certification by six months and execute within the first 12 months. In parallel, ClearDATA professional services helped facilitate scaling Amazon Web Service (AWS) environments.
The Results
By capitalizing on ClearDATA’s expertise and certifications, Cleerly was able to focus on product development and innovation instead of worrying about security and compliance. ClearDATA spun up a new account in AWS that could scale 10x, which allowed Cleerly to expand their engineering team and capacity. With ClearDATA’s help, Cleerly’s engineering team now spends 20% or less of their time on security and compliance-related activities, freeing them up to focus on innovation – getting closer to their mission of eradicating heart disease.
ClearDATA’s AWS Level 1 MSSP Partner status ensures a robust security framework, catering to specific compliance needs integral to the healthcare sector, such as HIPAA, GDPR, and GxP. Layered, automated security services have been critical in guarding Cleerly’s patient health data and AI algorithms.
The partnership with ClearDATA equipped Cleerly with the tools and infrastructure to quickly scale their groundbreaking cardiac AI platform while remaining compliant with healthcare regulations. ClearDATA’s commitment to security and compliance, coupled with the ability to leverage innovative AWS services, has allowed Cleerly to focus on their mission of transforming cardiac care with AI, without the worry of their data’s safety.
ClearDATA’s AWS MSSP Level 1 partnership also offers Cleerly continuous security monitoring. This ensures that any potential vulnerabilities are identified and rectified promptly, reinforcing the security of Cleerly’s AI algorithms and patient health data. The continuous nature of this monitoring allows for an always-on, comprehensive defense against any potential threats.
The ClearDATA CyberHealth platform provides Cleerly with automated safeguards that continually identify and remediate non-compliant actions triggered by changes to the environment. In turn, Cleerly’s technical team builds with the peace of mind that they are always adhering to the appropriate regulatory and data security laws – from GDPR compliance to simply ensuring they have the proper guardrails in place.
These tools, such as AWS Security Hub and AWS Guard Duty, help automate security checks and strengthen Cleerly’s defense capabilities. By leveraging these advanced tools, Cleerly can further ensure the security, privacy, and compliance of their digital health solutions, enhancing and ensuring continued trust with their users.
ClearDATA also provides Cleerly with hardened images that are built to CIS benchmarks and are automatically updated as new operating systems are released.
ClearDATA’s status as an AWS Level 1 MSSP Partner provides Cleerly with comprehensive, state-of-the-art security solutions. This partnership allows Cleerly to focus on their core mission of developing advanced cardiac AI technology, knowing that their data is in safe hands. Cleerly’s partnership with ClearDATA has provided them with the support they need to navigate the complex landscape of security and compliance in healthcare as they scale. With ClearDATA’s help, Cleerly has been able to expand their engineering team and focus on product development and innovation.
The automated safeguards provided by the ClearDATA CyberHealth platform give Cleerly the peace of mind they need to operate in the cloud while ensuring they remain compliant with all relevant regulations. With ClearDATA hardened images, Cleerly’s infrastructure is always up to date, secure and advancing the standard of cardiac health across the globe.
