Case Study: Leading Healthcare Organization achieves stronger software security and HIPAA compliance with Synopsys

Leading Healthcare Organization - Customer Case Study

Cigital, a leading application security firm, examined the healthcare sector—hospitals, device makers, pharmacies, PBMs and insurers—facing HIPAA-driven change, high-profile breaches, and a historically reactive approach to security. The industry struggled with fragmented application inventories, limited investment in application security, insufficient developer training, and difficulty shifting security left into the development lifecycle.

Cigital advised appointing a software security group leader, inventorying and risk-ranking applications, providing developer training, integrating automated SAST/DAST tools, and using targeted consulting to achieve quick wins. These steps produced more efficient security spending, broader and deeper testing coverage, faster remediation, and improved collaboration between security and development—strengthening the organization’s overall software security posture and reducing breach risk.