Case Study: Courtagen Life Sciences achieves HIPAA-compliant, cost-effective AWS cloud security with Check Point Software

CloudGuard Network Security for Amazon Web Services (Cloud Security)

Courtagen Life Sciences, a genomics services company focused on next‑generation sequencing and precision medicine, needed to protect electronic protected health information in a cloud-first environment while maintaining HIPAA compliance, supporting a dispersed and mobile workforce, and keeping management simple and cost‑effective. Because the firm outsources its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services, it required security that integrated seamlessly with AWS, scaled with growth, and provided reliable, auditable protection for patient data.

Courtagen deployed Check Point’s Virtual Appliance for AWS along with on‑premises Check Point 4000 and Smart‑1 management appliances, connected via Amazon VPC and a Level 3 direct link for redundancy. The solution delivered unified firewall, IPS, anti‑malware, DLP and VPN/mobile access, high availability and centralized management, enabling secure cloud access, simplified compliance and audits, rapid scalability—and reduced network operations costs to under 2% of expenses versus typical industry rates.

Courtagen Life Sciences

Jason Warner

Director of Bioinformatics