Client: A global leader in healthcare-focused data platforms partnered with HNM Systems to strengthen vulnerability management, audit readiness, and enterprise risk management across its cybersecurity environment.
Industry: Healthcare Technology & Financial Wellness
Services Provided: Cybersecurity Recruiters, Vulnerability Management, Risk & Compliance, Audit Readiness, GRC Support, DevSecOps Collaboration
Key Results at a Glance
- Reduced average vulnerability closure time by 30%
- Improved audit readiness and documentation quality for PCI and HIPAA assessments
- Centralized risk governance activities within ServiceNow GRC and RSA Archer
- Increased stakeholder visibility through standardized dashboards and real-time metrics
Business Need
The client required stronger enterprise visibility into IT risk, vulnerability remediation, and compliance operations across a highly regulated healthcare and financial technology environment.
As security demands increased, the organization needed support in improving remediation workflows, strengthening PCI and HIPAA audit readiness, and standardizing risk management workflows across multiple teams and platforms.
Key priorities included:
- Improving application vulnerability remediation timelines
- Automating compliance and risk workflows
- Strengthening audit preparation and control documentation
- Supporting cloud and infrastructure risk analysis
- Centralizing governance activities within ServiceNow GRC and RSA Archer
- Improving stakeholder reporting and operational visibility
The client partnered with HNM Systems and its cybersecurity recruiters to deploy a blended security and compliance team capable of supporting enterprise-scale compliance and vulnerability management initiatives.
Our Approach
HNM Systems deployed senior security analysts, governance specialists, and vulnerability engineers across the United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica to support 24/5 operational coverage and vulnerability management initiatives.
Vulnerability Management & Governance Support
HNM consultants led vulnerability remediation efforts across cloud and on-premises systems, coordinating directly with infrastructure, DevOps, and product engineering teams to implement fixes and track remediation progress.
The team also managed governance workflows through:
- Technical risk assessments and PCI compliance reviews
- Control documentation and effectiveness validation
- Risk register management and corrective action tracking
- Structured remediation planning and KPI reporting
- Audit evidence preparation and policy alignment
Toolchain Integration & Audit Readiness
HNM supported compliance automation and security visibility through platforms including:
- ServiceNow GRC
- RSA Archer
- Splunk
- Tenable
- Qualys
- AWS Cloud Console
- Atlassian JIRA and Confluence
Consultants collaborated with internal cybersecurity and compliance stakeholders to support PCI, HIPAA, SOX, SSAE 16, and HITRUST-related initiatives while improving audit traceability and cross-team collaboration.
Results
- Reduced average vulnerability closure time by 30%, increasing adherence to risk SLAs
- Improved audit readiness and technical documentation quality across PCI and HIPAA assessments
- Centralized risk governance activities within ServiceNow GRC and Archer, reducing redundant tools
- Increased stakeholder visibility with standardized dashboards and real-time metrics
- Scaled vulnerability response capabilities across distributed cloud and on-prem platforms using a blended team model
Business Impact: Why They Chose HNM Systems
The engagement helped the client create a more coordinated and scalable approach to security operations across multiple business units and technology environments.
By embedding specialized security expertise directly into remediation and compliance workflows, HNM Systems improved visibility, accelerated response efforts, and strengthened audit readiness across the organization.
HNM Systems’ cybersecurity recruiters also provided the flexibility needed to scale specialized security expertise across regulated healthcare and financial services environments.
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