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Stratus has developed a critical infrastructure layer that unleashes the promise of big data, machine learning and arti�cial intelligence in healthcare.
Headquarters:
Seattle, WA
Founded: 2016
Environment:
Docker, Kubernetes,
Google Cloud Platform
www.stratusmedicine.com
Stratus Medicine offers hospitals and other healthcare providers a
secure way to deploy innovative clinical, billing, and administrative
applications that improve patient care and reduce costs. Stratus
provides these services by deploying applications as containers in an
isolated environment where access to sensitive data is controlled but
where application developers can still leverage cloud-hosted
big-data, machine-learning, and arti�cial intelligence technologies. By
using this core infrastructure layer, healthcare providers are able to
work past major data security roadblocks and embrace new
technology faster.
Accelerating the Adoption of Tech in Healthcare
Innovation in healthcare lags behind other industries. Hospitals and
smaller care-provider environments would like to adopt modern
software applications that leverage cloud-computing and big data
technology, but the highly sensitive nature of medical record data
and strict compliance standards prevent the industry from moving
quickly. Stratus offers a platform-as-a-service product, the Stratus
Platform, that these healthcare providers can leverage to pilot and
deploy applications faster while still remaining secure and compliant.
The Stratus Platform deploys each application as a set of containers
without access to the outside world or the application developer. By
standardizing the application deployment work�ow within a single
system, the Stratus Platform becomes a single source of truth for IT
administrators who are tasked with guarding sensitive medical data.
The approach also allows the application owner, either an external
third party or an internal team, to focus on adding features that
improve the value of the application rather than focusing on hosting
or security.
Case Study
StratusMedicine
A Powerful Add-On to the Kubernetes Ecosystem
Stratus Medicine leverages Kubernetes to orchestrate its secure multi-tenant
compute environment. With an ever-evolving and robust set of security needs,
Stratus sought a mature security solution that could be integrated directly into its
environment. “We wanted a company that was built from the ground up with
containers and Kubernetes in mind,” says Chris Mutzel, principal architect at Stratus.
Mutzel and his team considered other container security platforms but found their
focus on images and containers to be too limiting. “The StackRox focus on
Kubernetes makes a big difference – it lets us deploy automatically and integrate the
StackRox functionality across our DevOps work�ows.” For instance, the team uses
the StackRox Admission Controller webhook to have Kubernetes prevent
deployments from launching if they don't meet minimum security standards.
Mutzel’s largest concern was that he and his team must run unknown code
submitted from application developers with a limited amount of manual discovery.
StackRox allows his group to guard against vulnerabilities being inserted into the
environment and to monitor workloads in real time for intrusion. With StackRox,
Stratus Medicine is able to immediately kill pods where intrusion behaviors are
detected, thereby protecting health system data.
Having StackRox directly integrate into the native Kubernetes control plane and
container infrastructure is critical to Mutzel. “Using one system for our security,
compliance and DevOps teams creates consistency and ensures we’re taking every
step possible to be both compliant and secure,” says Mutzel.
Leveraging StackRox Capabilities
• Visibility and Control
StackRox �nds and secures all containers running in an organization, allowing
Stratus to run at the speed and scale of DevOps while protecting the application
development infrastructure.
• Vulnerability Management
StackRox streamlines vulnerability management for Stratus’ Kubernetes
environments by integrating with the CI/CD pipeline to prevent known
vulnerabilities from ever getting deployed.
• Risk-based Prioritization
StackRox provides a dynamic, multi-factor risk assessment that enables Stratus to
immediately triage the highest-risk deployments in the environment at all times.
• Container Attack Runtime
Stratus leverages StackRox to automatically detect container attacks in seconds,
using rules, whitelists, and behavioral modeling for detection and response.
StackRox helps enterprises secure their containers and Kubernetes environments at scale. The
StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform is the industry’s �rst and only Kubernetes-native
container security platform. Its Kubernetes-native architecture enables security and DevOps
teams to enforce their security and compliance policies across the entire container life cycle, from
build to deploy to runtime. StackRox integrates with existing DevOps and security tools, enabling
teams to quickly operationalize container and Kubernetes security. StackRox customers span
cloud-native startups, Global 2000 enterprises, and government agencies.
Stratus Medicine offers hospitals and other healthcare providers a
secure way to deploy innovative clinical, billing, and administrative
applications that improve patient care and reduce costs. Stratus
provides these services by deploying applications as containers in an
isolated environment where access to sensitive data is controlled but
where application developers can still leverage cloud-hosted
big-data, machine-learning, and arti�cial intelligence technologies. By
using this core infrastructure layer, healthcare providers are able to
work past major data security roadblocks and embrace new
technology faster.
Accelerating the Adoption of Tech in Healthcare
Innovation in healthcare lags behind other industries. Hospitals and
smaller care-provider environments would like to adopt modern
software applications that leverage cloud-computing and big data
technology, but the highly sensitive nature of medical record data
and strict compliance standards prevent the industry from moving
quickly. Stratus offers a platform-as-a-service product, the Stratus
Platform, that these healthcare providers can leverage to pilot and
deploy applications faster while still remaining secure and compliant.
The Stratus Platform deploys each application as a set of containers
without access to the outside world or the application developer. By
standardizing the application deployment work�ow within a single
system, the Stratus Platform becomes a single source of truth for IT
administrators who are tasked with guarding sensitive medical data.
The approach also allows the application owner, either an external
third party or an internal team, to focus on adding features that
improve the value of the application rather than focusing on hosting
or security.
“StackRox gives us the
ability to actively
enforce security policies
and demonstrate our
adherence to these
controls as part of our
HIPAA compliance
process.”
– Chris Mutzel,Principal Architect
A Powerful Add-On to the Kubernetes Ecosystem
Stratus Medicine leverages Kubernetes to orchestrate its secure multi-tenant
compute environment. With an ever-evolving and robust set of security needs,
Stratus sought a mature security solution that could be integrated directly into its
environment. “We wanted a company that was built from the ground up with
containers and Kubernetes in mind,” says Chris Mutzel, principal architect at Stratus.
Mutzel and his team considered other container security platforms but found their
focus on images and containers to be too limiting. “The StackRox focus on
Kubernetes makes a big difference – it lets us deploy automatically and integrate the
StackRox functionality across our DevOps work�ows.” For instance, the team uses
the StackRox Admission Controller webhook to have Kubernetes prevent
deployments from launching if they don't meet minimum security standards.
Mutzel’s largest concern was that he and his team must run unknown code
submitted from application developers with a limited amount of manual discovery.
StackRox allows his group to guard against vulnerabilities being inserted into the
environment and to monitor workloads in real time for intrusion. With StackRox,
Stratus Medicine is able to immediately kill pods where intrusion behaviors are
detected, thereby protecting health system data.
Having StackRox directly integrate into the native Kubernetes control plane and
container infrastructure is critical to Mutzel. “Using one system for our security,
compliance and DevOps teams creates consistency and ensures we’re taking every
step possible to be both compliant and secure,” says Mutzel.
Leveraging StackRox Capabilities
• Visibility and Control
StackRox �nds and secures all containers running in an organization, allowing
Stratus to run at the speed and scale of DevOps while protecting the application
development infrastructure.
• Vulnerability Management
StackRox streamlines vulnerability management for Stratus’ Kubernetes
environments by integrating with the CI/CD pipeline to prevent known
vulnerabilities from ever getting deployed.
• Risk-based Prioritization
StackRox provides a dynamic, multi-factor risk assessment that enables Stratus to
immediately triage the highest-risk deployments in the environment at all times.
• Container Attack Runtime
Stratus leverages StackRox to automatically detect container attacks in seconds,
using rules, whitelists, and behavioral modeling for detection and response.
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