Case Study: a leading healthcare company strengthens GitHub Actions security with StepSecurity

A Healthcare Company Revolutionizes its GitHub Actions Security with StepSecurity

A leading healthcare company, a pioneer in cloud technology for the healthcare sector, faced significant security challenges while transitioning its CI/CD from Jenkins to GitHub Actions. With 700 engineers, they needed to secure their environment against supply chain attacks from third-party actions, protect their cloud deployment pipelines, and secure both self-hosted and GitHub-hosted runners without creating developer friction. The company selected StepSecurity to address these GitHub Actions-specific security requirements.

StepSecurity implemented its security platform to provide a holistic solution. This included establishing a review process for third-party actions, implementing real-time network and runtime security controls across all runners, and standardizing workflows. The results were substantial: StepSecurity now secures approximately 3,000 workflows across 800 repositories, actively blocking threats. The platform also projects an annual saving of 200 developer hours on security reviews and has provided the security confidence needed to fully transition from their legacy system.