Compliance & audit readiness, engineered in
HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST, and audit scaffolding engineered in from day one — so your platform passes review the first time, not the week before the deadline.
Talk to our teamIn healthcare, compliance isn't a phase at the end — it's an architecture decision at the start. AST designs and builds the HIPAA, SOC 2, and HITRUST scaffolding clinical software has to stand on: PHI handling, access controls, audit trails, and evidence, built in so audits and customer security reviews don't become fire drills.
What Compliance & Readiness software has to do
The capability areas we engineer end to end — each one built to ship in production and stand up to a clinical and compliance review.
HIPAA-compliant architecture
- PHI handling by design
- BAA-ready infrastructure
- Encryption and access control
- Audit trails everywhere
SOC 2 readiness
- Gap assessment
- Control implementation
- Evidence collection
- Type I and Type II support
HITRUST CSF
- Scoping and gap analysis
- Control mapping
- Evidence and remediation
- Certification support
Regulatory intelligence
- Automated change tracking
- Impact surfacing
- Policy and control updates
- Stay ahead of new rules
Regional frameworks
- DHA / NABIDH architecture
- UAE and US frameworks
- Cross-market platforms
- Local data-residency design
Audit & evidence
- Continuous evidence collection
- Defensible documentation
- Faster security reviews
- Confirmation, not scramble
- HIPAA architecture
- SOC 2 Type I/II
- HITRUST CSF
- FedRAMP readiness
- Audit trails & evidence
- Regulatory intelligence
What we build
HIPAA-compliant architecture
PHI handling, BAA-ready infrastructure, and audit trails designed in from day one.
SOC 2 & HITRUST readiness
Gap assessment, control implementation, and evidence preparation for Type I/II and HITRUST CSF.
Regulatory intelligence
Automated tracking and surfacing of regulatory changes across your clinical and compliance operations.
Regional frameworks
DHA / NABIDH and other regional compliance architecture for platforms operating across markets.
Built to connect
Software only helps if it plugs into the systems you already run. We build standards-based integrations to the platforms that matter.
Cloud platforms
HIPAA-eligible AWS and Azure services with BAAs in place.
Identity & IAM
SSO, MFA, and least-privilege via Okta and Azure AD.
SIEM & monitoring
Centralized logging, alerting, and audit evidence.
GRC tooling
Evidence collection and control tracking platforms.
Vendor risk
Third-party assessment and BAA governance.
What it changes
For the business
- Security reviews that close deals
- No last-minute audit scrambles
- Lower breach risk
- Faster enterprise sales
For engineering
- Controls designed into the build
- Clear architecture guardrails
- Less rework before audits
- Evidence generated continuously
For compliance & legal
- Defensible documentation
- Mapped, current controls
- Regulatory changes surfaced early
- Audit-ready at any time
How we help
- 01
Compliance bolted on before an audit
We design controls into the platform from the first commit, so an audit is a confirmation of how the system already works.
- 02
Security reviews stalling deals
BAA-ready infrastructure and clean evidence shorten enterprise security reviews instead of stalling them.
- 03
Keeping up with regulation
Automated regulatory tracking surfaces changes early so your team stays ahead of new requirements.
How we deliver
One process, run by senior healthcare engineers — from first conversation to a platform that keeps shipping after launch.
- 01
Discovery & scoping
We map the clinical workflow, systems, data, and compliance constraints with the people who run them — and turn it into a delivery plan, not a wish list.
- 02
Architecture & compliance design
PHI handling, access control, audit trails, and integration boundaries are designed up front, so security is structural rather than retrofitted.
- 03
Build
A senior, healthcare-fluent pod ships production-ready increments every sprint — code review, automated testing, and clinical feedback built into the cadence.
- 04
Integration
Standards-based HL7 v2 / FHIR R4 connections to the EHRs, devices, and clearinghouses you already run — handling the hard edge cases, not just the happy path.
- 05
Validation & readiness
Clinical validation, security testing, and audit-evidence preparation so go-live and customer security reviews are confirmations, not fire drills.
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Run & evolve
We stay on as an embedded team — monitoring, support, and a roadmap that keeps shipping after launch.
Ways to work with us
Embedded engineering pods
Senior, healthcare-only engineers who join your team and own delivery end to end — architecture, build, integration, and run.
Custom platform development
Ground-up clinical software shaped around your workflow: EHR/EMR, patient apps, portals, and the integrations that connect them.
Modernization & integration
Incremental migration of legacy systems and standards-based integration that brings existing platforms into a modern, compliant architecture.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you get us audit-ready for SOC 2 or HITRUST?
Yes — we run a gap assessment, implement the missing controls, and prepare the evidence so your Type I/II or HITRUST CSF audit is a confirmation rather than a scramble.
Do you design HIPAA compliance into new builds?
Always. PHI handling, access controls, encryption, and audit trails are architecture decisions we make at the start, with BAA-ready infrastructure.
Do you support regional frameworks like DHA / NABIDH?
Yes — we build compliance architecture for the UAE Digital Health Authority and NABIDH, as well as US frameworks, for platforms operating across markets.
Can you help shorten enterprise security reviews?
That's a direct outcome of our approach — BAA-ready infrastructure and continuously collected evidence mean you answer questionnaires with proof, not promises.
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