Akuity is Now HIPAA Compliant - What it Means for Teams in Healthcare Industries
Ken Cochrane
For teams building or operating software that handles protected health information, Akuity's HIPAA-compliant platform removes the barriers between you and a faster, more confident delivery process.
Most platform and security teams juggle compliance requirements across multiple vendors. With HIPAA now added to our existing SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS v4.0.1 coverage, regulated teams across industries get all four frameworks from a single managed GitOps platform.
Why HIPAA compliance matters beyond healthcare
HIPAA - the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - sets federal standards for protecting sensitive patient health information. It is often associated with hospitals and healthcare providers, but its impact reaches far beyond traditional healthcare organizations. Many companies today build platforms that handle protected health information, integrate with healthcare systems, or support customers that are subject to HIPAA requirements.
In these cases, HIPAA compliance becomes a foundational requirement for vendor selection and platform architecture, not an optional enhancement.
How Akuity Implements HIPAA Compliance
Akuity has implemented administrative, technical, and operational controls aligned with HIPAA requirements across our platform and internal operations.
Akuity is the only GitOps platform to offer both Argo CD and Kargo as part of a HIPAA-compliant managed platform. Whether customers are using Argo CD for continuous delivery or Kargo for progressive delivery, the same HIPAA-aligned controls apply.
Who benefits from HIPAA-Compliant GitOps?
HIPAA compliance requirements extend to the tools and platforms used to build and deploy applications, turning your delivery infrastructure into a compliance surface rather than just an engineering concern.
You’ll want to keep reading if you’re:
A healthcare technology company building or operating HIPAA-regulated workloads
A SaaS platform that integrates with healthcare providers or processes health-related data
A platform or infrastructure team supporting regulated internal applications
A security or compliance team looking to reduce vendor risk and audit complexity
For these teams, a managed GitOps platform with built-in HIPAA alignment dramatically reduces the time, effort, and risk of operating securely in a regulated environment.
What HIPAA Compliance Means for Platform Teams
HIPAA compliance has real, practical benefits:
Reduced compliance overhead: Customers can rely on the platform’s controls instead of designing and maintaining HIPAA-aligned processes themselves.
Clear security expectations: Access controls, audit logging, incident response, and employee training are implemented with HIPAA requirements in mind.
Easier vendor reviews: Security and procurement teams can more quickly assess our platform suitable for regulated environments.
Confidence as you scale: HIPAA-aligned controls help ensure sensitive data remains protected as systems and teams grow.
HIPAA compliance, built on existing security controls
As teams in healthcare and regulated industries began building on our platform, the ask was clear: HIPAA compliance needed to be built into the platform.
The implementation builds directly on the controls already in place for SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS v4.0.1. The same access controls, audit logging, and incident response practices, extended to cover HIPAA's specific requirements for protected health information.
Learn more
Detailed security documentation, audit materials, and HIPAA compliance information are available in our Trust Center.
You can also find an overview of our security program and certifications on our Security and Compliance page.
If you would like to learn more or discuss HIPAA requirements with our team, schedule a meeting today with one of our solutions engineers.
This blog was written by Ken Cochrane, Head of Engineering at Akuity
