Case Study: athenahealth achieves secure, streamlined secrets management with HashiCorp Vault

A Global Leader In Healthcare Technology Uses Hashicorp Vault To Enhance Security And Keep Its Partner And Customer Records In Tip-Top Shape

athenahealth, a healthcare technology leader serving more than 10,000 customers and 160,000+ providers, needed a better way to secure massive volumes of sensitive patient and operational data. Its mix of homegrown secrets systems and siloed processes made governance difficult, slowed access requests, and increased the burden on a small team managing security and compliance. To address these challenges, athenahealth turned to HashiCorp Vault.

With HashiCorp Vault, athenahealth centralized thousands of secrets into a single system, automated secrets policy enforcement, and eliminated its manual ticketing workflow. The company now securely processes more than 300 million secrets requests per day, reduces service interruptions from outdated secrets, and has significantly lowered operational costs while improving availability and efficiency.

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Jeff Byrnes

Lead Site Reliability Engineer