HIPAA & SOC2
Compliance
Done. Audited. Passed.

SCRUT is a compliance automation platform that maps your technical controls to HIPAA and SOC2 frameworks, automates evidence collection from your cloud infrastructure, tracks policy completion, and runs continuous automated tests to verify your compliance posture. Without a platform like SCRUT, achieving SOC2 or HIPAA compliance is an enormously manual, error-prone process. SCRUT reduces evidence collection effort by ~80% and gives you a real-time dashboard showing exactly where you stand at any moment.

For a mid-size SaaS application starting from scratch, achieving HIPAA compliance typically takes 8–16 weeks. This includes gap analysis (1–2 weeks), policy writing and implementation (3–6 weeks), technical remediation of the application and infrastructure (4–8 weeks), and evidence collection and final review (2–4 weeks). Using SCRUT significantly compresses this timeline by automating evidence gathering and giving clear visibility on remaining work.

SOC2 Type I is a point-in-time audit — an auditor reviews your controls and confirms they are designed correctly as of a specific date. SOC2 Type II is an audit over a period of time (usually 6–12 months) that confirms your controls not only exist but operate effectively consistently. Enterprise customers typically require Type II. Type I is a good starting point if you need a report quickly, and you can use the same work to build toward Type II.

Yes — this is exactly the scenario I work best in. I'll start with a gap analysis to understand what's missing, then work through the application code, database layer, infrastructure configuration, and policies systematically. Each fix maps to a SCRUT control moving from red to green. You can watch the compliance score move in real time as work gets done.

It depends on your business. HIPAA is legally required if you handle Protected Health Information (PHI) — there's no choice in the matter. SOC2 is not legally required but is increasingly demanded by enterprise customers as a condition of signing a contract. If you sell to hospitals, health systems, or large enterprises, you likely need both. The good news is significant control overlap exists between HIPAA and SOC2, so achieving both simultaneously is more efficient than doing them sequentially.

The cost depends on the current state of your application, the size of your infrastructure, and the number of gaps that need remediation. A focused SCRUT setup and gap analysis starts from $1,500–$3,000. A full compliance engagement covering technical remediation, policy implementation, and evidence collection for both HIPAA and SOC2 typically ranges from $8,000–$25,000+ depending on complexity. I provide a detailed quote after a free initial assessment call.

SCRUT's automated tests run continuously after the audit — alerting you the moment a control drifts out of compliance. I also set up monitoring alerts, document all recurring evidence collection tasks, and can provide ongoing maintenance retainers to handle quarterly reviews, policy updates, new vendor assessments, and annual re-audits. Compliance is not a one-time event — it's an ongoing program, and SCRUT makes it manageable.