Case Study: Renowned Healthcare Institution achieves secure, HIPAA-compliant patient PHI protection in the cloud with Fortra's Digital Guardian

How A Renowned Healthcare Institution Protects Patient Data In The Cloud

A world‑renowned healthcare institution sought to adopt cloud storage to speed information sharing across campuses, partners and devices while protecting Protected Health Information (PHI) and meeting HIPAA/HITECH requirements. The challenge was to gain precise visibility and real‑time control over PHI in the cloud—beyond encryption alone—without disrupting clinicians’ workflows or creating excessive false positives.

The organization deployed Fortra’s Digital Guardian for Cloud Data Protection integrated with Box, using Database Record Matching (DBRM) and event‑based scanning via the Box API to inspect and remediate files (move, alert, remove, or change sharing) within seconds. The solution operates transparently to users, enabled secure, compliant cloud collaboration across research and care teams, and delivered measurable confidence (over 99% of automated file moves generated no user objections) while meeting the institution’s regulatory and usability goals.