Case Studies

How We've Helped Organizations Like Yours.

Representative infrastructure and security projects across our core industries, scoped, delivered, and handed over. Details anonymized to protect client confidentiality; outcomes are real.

Selected Projects

Healthcare · Security & Compliance Build

Regional Medical Group: HIPAA Hardening & Security Build

Challenge

A 180-provider medical group had grown via acquisition and was running seven disconnected IT environments with inconsistent security and no centralized visibility.

What We Did

Consolidated identity into a single Entra ID tenant, deployed EDR across all endpoints with a vendor MDR service and incident-response runbooks, and built HIPAA-aligned evidence collection into the environment, delivered in 6 months with full documentation and handover.

Outcome
  • HIPAA Security Rule evidence collection automated
  • Mean time to detect suspicious activity: from 12+ days → < 15 minutes
  • IT spend reduced ~22% via license consolidation
  • Passed annual HIPAA risk assessment with zero significant findings
Fintech · SOC 2 Readiness Build

Austin Fintech Startup: SOC 2 Type II in 9 Months

Challenge

Series B fintech needed SOC 2 Type II to close enterprise contracts. No security program in place, and a 9-month runway to first audit.

What We Did

Designed and built the security program from zero: implemented Drata, hardened M365/Okta/AWS, wrote the full policy suite, and project-managed the audit through to completion, handing over an audit-ready environment with full documentation.

Outcome
  • SOC 2 Type II achieved with zero qualifications
  • Unlocked $4.2M in previously gated enterprise contracts
  • Cyber insurance premium reduced 31% at renewal
  • Internal team equipped to own and re-run the audit annually
Manufacturing · CMMC Enclave

Aerospace Supplier: CMMC Level 2 Enclave

Challenge

A precision-manufacturing DoD supplier needed CMMC Level 2 but couldn't afford to re-architect their full environment to the CUI scope.

What We Did

Designed and built a CUI-only enclave with a segmented network, dedicated identity tenant, hardened endpoints, and a separated cloud tenant, reducing audit scope by ~85% and handing over a fully documented, assessment-ready enclave.

Outcome
  • CMMC Level 2 readiness achieved in 7 months
  • CUI scope reduced to < 15% of estate
  • Production OT network segmented & monitored
  • Preserved eligibility on $11M in DoD contracts
Legal · Network Rebuild & DR

Mid-Size Law Firm: Ransomware Recovery & Resilience

Challenge

A 120-attorney firm had just recovered from a ransomware event with their prior provider, losing 3 days of matter work. Leadership mandated a full reset.

What We Did

Redesigned and rebuilt the network with segmentation, deployed immutable backup, rolled out EDR with a vendor MDR service, and engineered a documented DR runbook, tested live before handover, with a maintenance schedule the firm's internal IT could run going forward.

Outcome
  • Immutable backups across matter data + NetDocuments
  • Tested RTO of < 4 hours for tier-1 systems
  • Zero unplanned outages over the subsequent 18 months
  • Cyber insurance renewed at reduced premium
SaaS · Cloud Migration & Cost

B2B SaaS: AWS Landing Zone Rebuild & Cost Governance

Challenge

A fast-growing SaaS had an AWS bill compounding at 14% MoM with no tagging strategy, reserved capacity, or cost accountability.

What We Did

Designed and deployed landing-zone governance, tagging policies enforced via SCPs, a reserved-instance & savings-plan strategy, and a cost-per-feature-team reporting dashboard, handed over with documentation so the team could run it internally.

Outcome
  • AWS spend reduced 38% without a capacity cut
  • Tagging compliance > 96% enforced via SCPs
  • Clear cost-per-customer metric, feeding pricing decisions
  • Cost-governance dashboard now owned and run internally
Non-Profit · Cloud & Identity Modernization

Regional Non-Profit: M365 Migration & Secure Remote Access

Challenge

A 90-staff non-profit was running legacy file servers with VPN remote access; field staff were routinely blocked and security was minimal.

What We Did

Migrated the organization to M365 non-profit licensing, replaced VPN with ZTNA, deployed MFA across the org, and trained staff on the new environment, all inside the non-profit's Microsoft grant allowance, with documentation handed over to their small internal IT function.

Outcome
  • IT operating spend reduced 44% via non-profit licensing
  • Field staff productivity lift of ~30% (measured via engagement data)
  • Zero phishing incidents in the 12 months post-deployment
  • First-time annual IT budget delivered to the board

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