Case Studies

Real Companies. Real Results.

Every company we work with has a unique compliance challenge. What they share is the outcome: they passed their audits, closed their deals, and their engineering teams never lost momentum. Here are some of those stories.

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FintechSeries B Payment Platform

Case Study #1: Fintech Compliance

The Challenge

A fast growing payments startup needed SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS certification to close a $4M enterprise contract. Their 80 person engineering team had zero compliance infrastructure and a 12 week deadline imposed by the prospect.

Our Approach

Deployed our compliance platform and mapped their existing AWS infrastructure against SOC 2 and PCI DSS control requirements in the first week
Identified 47 control gaps, 12 of which were critical blockers requiring infrastructure changes
Assigned a dedicated two person engineering team to remediate gaps in parallel with policy development
Automated evidence collection for 85% of controls, eliminating the manual screenshot burden
Coordinated with our partner QSA for PCI DSS and engaged a SOC 2 auditor concurrently

Results

9 Weeks

to SOC 2 Type I Ready

11 Weeks

to PCI DSS Validated

0 Sprints

Diverted from Product

$4M

Enterprise Deal Closed

Our board was skeptical that we could hit both certifications before the contract deadline. HSD Cloud not only met the timeline but did it without pulling a single engineer off our product roadmap. That $4M deal closed three weeks after our auditor signed off.

CFO, Series B Fintech

HealthcareTelehealth SaaS Platform

Case Study #2: Healthcare Compliance

The Challenge

A telehealth platform serving 200+ healthcare providers needed HIPAA compliance and SOC 2 Type II to satisfy a hospital network partnership agreement. Their cloud architecture had grown organically without security first design, and PHI data flows were poorly documented.

Our Approach

Mapped every PHI data flow across their application stack and cloud infrastructure, end to end
Redesigned their AWS architecture to implement proper network segmentation between PHI processing environments and general workloads
Built a complete HIPAA compliance program including administrative, physical, and technical safeguards
Implemented encryption at rest and in transit for all PHI data stores, configured audit logging, and established access controls
Ran internal penetration testing focused on PHI exposure vectors before engaging the external auditor

Results

14 Weeks

to HIPAA Compliance

12 Weeks

to SOC 2 Type I

100%

PHI Data Flows Mapped

Zero

Critical Findings at Audit

Before HSD Cloud, we were terrified of a HIPAA audit. We knew our infrastructure had gaps but did not have the specialized expertise to fix them. Their team rebuilt our security architecture while keeping our platform running for 200 provider practices. Not a single minute of downtime during the entire engagement.

CTO, Telehealth Platform

Enterprise SaaSWorkforce Management Platform

Case Study #3: Enterprise SaaS Compliance

The Challenge

A 400 person workforce management company operating across three cloud providers needed ISO 27001 certification to enter the European market. Their existing compliance efforts were fragmented across departments with no centralized ISMS, and they had 18 months of accumulated technical debt in their security controls.

Our Approach

Established a formal Information Security Management System (ISMS) with clear scope, risk methodology, and management commitment documentation
Conducted a risk assessment covering all three cloud environments and mapped findings to ISO 27001 Annex A controls
Worked with department heads across engineering, operations, HR, and legal to develop practical, enforceable security policies
Implemented automated compliance monitoring across AWS, GCP, and Azure environments using our platform with custom integrations
Conducted a full cycle internal audit and management review before engaging the certification body

Results

18 Weeks

to ISO 27001 Certified

3 Clouds

Unified Under One ISMS

114

Annex A Controls Addressed

EU Market

Successfully Entered

ISO 27001 across three cloud providers felt like an impossible project. HSD Cloud broke it down into manageable phases, embedded their engineers with each of our cloud teams, and drove the entire certification through to completion. We opened our London office six weeks after certification.

VP of Engineering, Enterprise SaaS

E-CommerceD2C Marketplace Platform

Case Study #4: E-Commerce Compliance

The Challenge

A rapidly scaling direct to consumer marketplace processing $50M+ in annual transactions needed GDPR and DPDP compliance after expanding operations into the EU and India. Their data handling practices were built for a single market and lacked the consent management, data subject rights workflows, and cross border transfer mechanisms required by both regulations.

Our Approach

Mapped all personal data processing activities across their application, marketing systems, analytics pipeline, and third party integrations
Designed and implemented a consent management platform that handles the different requirements of GDPR and DPDP simultaneously
Built automated data subject access request workflows that pull data from 14 different systems and generate compliant response packages
Established data processing agreements with all third party processors and implemented appropriate cross border data transfer mechanisms
Created a privacy impact assessment framework integrated into their product development lifecycle

Results

12 Weeks

to GDPR Compliance

10 Weeks

to DPDP Compliance

14 Systems

Integrated for DSARs

72hr

DSAR Response Time Achieved

We knew we needed GDPR compliance but the DPDP Act caught us off guard. HSD Cloud handled both simultaneously, built the consent infrastructure our product team needed, and automated our data subject request process. What would have taken our team a year, they delivered in three months.

Head of Product, D2C Marketplace

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