Castile Security

Results Healthcare Managed security

A stronger foundation for sensitive data

A medical credentialing company moved from personal email and no documented safeguards to a security score of 88.

What we delivered

  • Managed security
  • Managed email migration
  • Multi-factor authentication and encryption
  • Security awareness training
  • HIPAA policy set
24 → 88Security score, against a 74 industry average
25% → 76%HIPAA-aligned control coverage
20 → 156 minEstimated breakout time, the window to contain an attacker

A medical credentialing company. Anonymized, per the confidentiality terms of the engagement.

Before

Protected health information handled on personal email accounts instead of a company-managed domain. No documented HIPAA safeguards. A security score of 24 out of 100.

What we did

A year of managed security: migrated onto a managed email domain, multi-factor authentication and encryption enforced everywhere patient data lives, company-wide security training, and the HIPAA policy set they did not have, written from scratch.

After

HIPAA-aligned control coverage from 25% to 76%. Security score from 24 to 88, against a 74 industry average. Estimated breakout time grew from 20 minutes to 156. Training completion and safe-user rate: 100%.

Timeline

  1. Starting point

    Security score of 24. Patient information on personal email. No documented safeguards.

  2. During year one

    Managed email domain, multi-factor authentication and encryption, company-wide training, and a HIPAA policy set written from scratch.

  3. Fourth quarter

    245 security events managed, including 42 threats blocked and 15 phishing emails stopped before reaching an inbox.

  4. One year in

    Security score of 88. HIPAA-aligned control coverage of 76%. Training completion of 100%.

“Castile came in, explained everything in clear terms, and took full ownership of our cybersecurity needs. Now I don’t even have to think about it; I know we’re protected.”

Founder and CEO, healthcare credentialing company

The security score, industry average, and event counts come from the security platform’s reporting. HIPAA-aligned control coverage and the containment-time estimate are Castile’s own assessments. Not a legal determination of HIPAA compliance.

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