Case Study: Healthcare and Data Technology Company achieves standardized security across five business units with StackHawk

Growing HealthTech Leader Standardizes Security Across Five Business Units

Healthcare and Data Technology Company, a US-based health tech organization of more than 650 employees made up of five distinct business units, faced growing security gaps from rapid expansion and decentralized development. The small central security team lacked centralized visibility across a sprawling landscape of more than 1,700 repositories and relied on error-prone manual spreadsheets. To standardize security and scale testing across teams, the company chose StackHawk for automated API discovery and CI/CD‑integrated security testing.

StackHawk deployed automated API discovery to build an internal repository and metadata database and integrated scans into the SDLC, replacing manual tracking and providing centralized control. The solution improved visibility and standardized security practices across all business units, giving a real-time attack-surface inventory (attack surface coverage ~50%), enabling scans of apps (dashboard showed 16 apps, 4 failed scans) and surfacing 71 findings (24 medium, 47 low). By eliminating spreadsheets and enabling proactive vulnerability management, StackHawk reduced risk and eased the burden on the security team.