Achieving continuous CIS compliance without a dedicated security team

The Challenge

A HealthTech startup preparing for SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA audits had no dedicated security team. Their 8-person engineering team needed to maintain continuous compliance across 150+ cloud resources while shipping features to meet investor milestones.

The Solution

AstraOps connected to their AWS accounts and Terraform state, continuously scanning against CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark and HIPAA-relevant controls. Non-compliant resources were flagged with specific remediation PRs that included compliance documentation. The team configured weekly compliance reports and real-time alerts for critical findings.

Results

• 100% CIS benchmark coverage achieved in 3 weeks
• SOC 2 Type II audit passed on first attempt
• Compliance maintenance effort reduced from 20 hrs/week to 3 hrs/week
• Zero compliance drift events after initial remediation
• Saved $180K/year vs. hiring a dedicated security engineer

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We passed our SOC 2 audit on the first try. Our auditors were impressed by the continuous compliance evidence and the audit trail for every remediation action.