Secure, Scalable, Developer-Ready HIPAA Linux Hosting

Launch secure, scalable Linux servers for HIPAA-regulated SaaS, APIs, and patient portals — no DevOps team required.

HIPAA-Compliant Server Hosting (BAA Included)

24/7 Monitoring, Patching, and Threat Protection

Linux Server Hosting Built for Compliance & Scale

99.99% Uptime SLA

Best for:

SaaS apps

APIs

Healthcare platforms

HIPAA-sensitive data

Patient Portals

Internal healthcare tools

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Trusted by 1000+ customers

One Misconfiguration.
Millions in Exposure.

Real numbers form HHS Office for Civil Rights – because your board will ask.

$7.42M

Average cost of a single healthcare data breach (IBM 2025)

$50K

Max HIPAA fine per violation, up to $2.19M/year per provision

281K+

Privacy complaints filed with OCR – enforcement is accelerating

HIPAA Vault has had zero breaches across 500+ healthcare SaaS deployments.

Our infrastructure handles compliance – not your engineers’ nights and weekends.

0 Breaches. Ever.

Why Most Linux Hosting Fails in a HIPAA Environment

Most “Linux hosting” does not get you anywhere near HIPAA compliance. Running healthcare apps on AWS or GCP means you are still responsible for everything:

Locking down firewall rules, root access, and VPNs
Hardening servers, patching vulnerabilities, running audits
Setting up SIEM logging, backup retention, and monitoring
Signing and maintaining a valid BAA
Doing all of it correctly, every month

You are one misconfiguration away from a breach — or worse, an audit.

Generic Cloud = Compliance Nightmare

AWS, DigitalOcean, and Linode give you infrastructure—but zero HIPAA guidance. You are left configuring encryption, access logs, and BAAs alone.

Shared Hosting Lacks Isolation

Standard VPS providers do not offer the physical and logical separation HIPAA requires. Your PHI sits on multi-tenant hardware with weak audit trails.

No Ongoing Compliance Support

Even if you configure it right today, HIPAA is ongoing. Updates, patches, access reviews—generic hosts do not help you stay compliant over time.

DevOps Teams Are Not Compliance Experts

Your specialists should not spend weeks learning HIPAA technical safeguards. They should ship features, not study 164.312(a)(1) requirements.

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The HIPAA-Compliant Linux Hosting Stack — Done For You

You deploy code. We handle the infrastructure.

Pre-Configured HIPAA Infrastructure

Every server comes with encryption at rest/transit, access controls, and audit logging configured to HIPAA technical safeguard standards.

Signed BAA in 48 Hours

Business Associate Agreement executed immediately. No waiting weeks for legal review—we are ready to cover your ePHI from day one.

Automated Compliance Monitoring

Continuous scanning for configuration drift, failed logins, unauthorized access attempts. Real-time alerts when something needs attention.

Security Patch Management

Critical OS and kernel updates applied within 72 hours of release. You approve the maintenance window, we handle the patching.

Physical & Logical Isolation

Dedicated hardware in SSAE-18 certified data centers. No shared resources. Full network segmentation for your infrastructure.

Compliance Specialist Support

Direct access to specialists who understand both Linux infrastructure and HIPAA requirements. No generic support tickets.

Explore Hosting Architecture

What we handle. What you handle.

Signing a BAA doesn’t make you HIPAA-compliant-understanding
exactly who owns what does.

HIPAA Vault handles

Infrastructure & compliance layer – fully managed

Server infrastructure & OS patching
HIPAA-compliant network configuration
Intrusion detection & Web Application Frowall
Audit logging & log retention
Encrypted backups & disaster recovery
24/7 security monitoring & Incident response
BAA cxecution & management
Vulnerability scanning & remediation

You handle

Application & user layer – your team owns this

Application code & business logic
Application-level user authentication
Employee HIPAA training & workforce policies
App-level access controls & role permissions
Patient consent & authorization managemant

What’s Inside Your HIPAA-Compliant Linux Hosting Stack

Multi-layer defense system designed to meet and exceed HIPAA Security Rule requirements.

Over 75% of your monthly value is in the managed services — not just the hardware.

Infrastructure Stack

Application Layer

Your SaaS / API Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go

Compliance Layer

Encryption + Audit + Access Control
Automated monitoring & alerts

Infrastructure Layer

Dedicated Linux Servers
SSAE-18 Data Centers

AES-256 Encryption

All data encrypted at rest using LUKS full-disk encryption. TLS 1.3 enforced for data in transit.

Access Control (RBAC)

Role-based permissions with MFA enforcement. Granular control over who can access PHI.

Audit Logging

Every SSH session, file access, and system change logged to immutable storage with 7-year retention.

Automated Backups

Encrypted backups twice daily, retained for 45 days (customizable).

Network Segmentation

Private VLANs, firewall rules, and intrusion detection to isolate your environment.

Key Management

Hardware Security Module (HSM) backed encryption keys. No plaintext keys on disk.

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Technical Specifications — What Developers Actually Want to Know

Enterprise-grade Web Application Firewall (WAF) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection service.

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Component Specification
Linux Web Server 2 CPU, 8 GB RAM, 30 GB SSD
Linux Database Server 2 CPU, 8 GB RAM, 30 GB SSD
Firewall & Security Enterprise-grade Web Application Firewall (WAF) & DDoS Protection
Remote Access 1 VPN License included for SSH server access
Operating System Ubuntu, RHEL Compatible
Backup Twice daily encrypted snapshots, retained for 45 days (customizable).
Logging SIEM-ready: Syslog / ELK / Splunk
Monitoring 24/7 uptime + threat detection
Docker Support Available on request
Git Deployment Manual or CI/CD pipeline
DB Options MySQL or PostgreSQL
Load Balancer Available with enterprise plans
Scaling Vertical + horizontal supported

Additional Specifications

Security

Encryption at Rest

AES-256 LUKS full-disk encryption, HSM-backed keys

Encryption in Transit

TLS 1.3, mutual TLS available, SSH key-based auth only

Access Control

RBAC with MFA enforcement, IP whitelisting, VPN/bastion host access

Audit Logging

Syslog forwarding to immutable storage, 7-year retention, SIEM integration

Intrusion Detection

OSSEC HIDS, custom rulesets for HIPAA anomalies

Compliance

Certifications

HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST CSF Certified

BAA Execution

Signed within 48 hours of account activation

Audit Support

Compliance documentation package, attestation letters, audit log exports

Breach Response

24/7 incident response team, forensic analysis, notification support

Data Residency

All data stored in US-based SSAE-18 certified facilities

Right to Audit

Annual third-party audits available for review

Compare us to AWS →

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DIY HIPAA vs. HIPAA Vault

$599/mo looks expensive – until you see what the alternative actually costs your team.

DIY ON AWS/GCP-YEAR 1 COST

Initial setup & architecture

$10K-$30K

Engineering time (30-40 hrs/mo)

$3K-$6K/mo

Dedicated DevOps/compliance hire

$150K+/yr

Audit prep, BAA management, logging tools

$12K-$24K/yr

Breach risk & remediation (uninsured exposure)

$7.42M risk

Year 1 total

$200K-$280K

HIPAA VAULT STANDARD PLAN

Fully managed HIPAA infrastructure

Included

24/7 monitoring & incident response

Included

BAA, audit logs, encrypted backups

Included

Security patching & WAF

Included

Onboarding & migration assistance

Included

Year 1 total

$4K–$20K/yr

~93%

less than building it yourself – before accounting for breach risk, engineer burnout, or failed audits. HIPAA Vault pays for itself within the first month.

Additional Specifications

Security

Encryption at Rest

AES-256 LUKS full-disk encryption, HSM-backed keys

Encryption in Transit

TLS 1.3, mutual TLS available, SSH key-based auth only

Access Control

RBAC with MFA enforcement, IP whitelisting, VPN/bastion host access

Audit Logging

Syslog forwarding to immutable storage, 7-year retention, SIEM integration

Intrusion Detection

OSSEC HIDS, custom rulesets for HIPAA anomalies

Compliance

Certifications

HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST CSF Certified

BAA Execution

Signed within 48 hours of account activation

Audit Support

Compliance documentation package, attestation letters, audit log exports

Breach Response

24/7 incident response team, forensic analysis, notification support

Data Residency

All data stored in US-based SSAE-18 certified facilities

Right to Audit

Annual third-party audits available for review

Compare us to AWS →

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How We Compare

HIPAA Vault vs. AWS (with HIPAA configuration) vs. Atlantic.Net (HIPAA hosting)

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Feature Column 2 AWS (DIY) Atlantic.net
BAA Included Yes Optional Contracted
WAF & IDS Fully managed DIY Limited
Logging / SIEM Built-in Add-on Basic
Uptime SLA 99.99% No SLA true
HIPAA Coverage Full stack Infra only Partial
Support Engineers 24/7 Ticket-based Unknown
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Scale Without Compliance Headaches

Upgrade your infrastructure as you grow—without reconfiguring compliance controls.

Vertical Scaling

Add RAM, CPU cores, or storage to your existing server without redeployment.

8 GB → 512 GB RAM
4 cores → 64 cores
500 GB → 8 TB NVMe

Staging Environments

Spin up compliant staging/dev servers that mirror your production setup.

Identical security config
Separate BAA coverage
Isolated network zones

Multi-Server Clusters

Deploy load-balanced clusters with shared compliance monitoring across all nodes.

Auto-scaling groups
Centralized logging
Private interconnects

Upgrade Path Example

A typical SaaS customer starts with a single server and scales to a multi-region cluster as they grow—all without changing compliance infrastructure.

Month 1-3

Years of Service

Month 4-8

Upgrade to 64 GB + staging

Month 9-12

Add 2 load-balanced nodes

Year 2+

Multi-region cluster

Talk to a specialist about your scaling needs

Zero-downtime migration in 3-5 days

Moving your PHI doesn’t have to be a compliance event. We handle the heavy lifting – you stay online the whole time.

Discovery call

We audit your current stack and map the full migration plan before anything moves

Environment build

Your HIPAA-compliant environment is provisioned and validated before any data
moves

Parallel run

Both environments run simultaneously-zero downtime, zero compliance gaps during transition

Data migration

All PHI is transferred encrypted in-transit with integrity verification at every step

Cutover & sign-off

DNS cutover at your chosen window. We confirm everything works before decommissioning the old environment

PHI stays encrypted

All data transferred encrypted in-transit and at-rest. No exposure windows during
migration.

Zero downtime

Parallel environments mean your application stays live throughout. We cut over when you say go.

Free migration included

Migration planning and execution is included with any plan. No hidden project or consulting fees.

HIPAA Compliance Workflow

From BAA signing to ongoing monitoring—we handle the compliance so you can build.

Day 1

Sign BAA

Business Associate Agreement executed within 48 hours of account activation. Covers all servers in your account.

Day 2-3

Deploy Compliant Infrastructure

Provision servers with encryption, access controls, and audit logging pre-configured to HIPAA standards.

Day 3

Enable Monitoring & Alerts

Automated compliance monitoring activated. Real-time alerts for unauthorized access, config drift, or security events.

Ongoing Compliance Management

HIPAA compliance isn’t a one-time setup—it’s continuous. We monitor, patch, and maintain your compliance posture 24/7.

Quarterly compliance reviews with recommendations
Breach notification protocol and incident response
Security patch management (critical patches within 72 hours)
Audit log retention and access for your compliance team
Configuration drift detection and auto-remediation
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What’s Included in Every Plan

No hidden fees. No compliance add-ons. Everything you need to run a HIPAA-compliant SaaS from day one.

Security & Compliance

AES-256 encryption at rest (LUKS full-disk)
TLS 1.3 encryption in transit
Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
Audit logging with 7-year retention
MFA enforcement for all admin access
Intrusion detection (OSSEC HIDS)
Weekly vulnerability scanning

Infrastructure & Performance

Dedicated CPU cores (no overselling)
NVMe SSD storage with RAID protection
ECC memory for data integrity
Private VLAN networking
99.99% uptime SLA
10 Gbps network backbone
DDoS mitigation included
Geographic redundancy options

Managed Services

OS installation and initial hardening
Security patch management
Automated encrypted backups (6-hour intervals)
Monitoring with Prometheus + Grafana
Log aggregation and SIEM integration
Firewall configuration and maintenance
SSL/TLS certificate management
Database optimization (optional)

All compliance features are standard. You don’t pay extra for encryption, audit logs, or BAA coverage—it’s built into every server.

See DevOps integration options

Built for Modern DevOps Workflows

HIPAA compliance doesn’t mean giving up your development workflow. Deploy how you want, with the tools you already use.

Full SSH & Root Access

Complete control over your server. Key-based authentication only, with optional bastion host for extra security.

Git Deployment

Deploy via Git push, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Bitbucket Pipelines. Pre-configured hooks available.

CI/CD Pipeline Support

Compatible with Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis CI, and GitHub Actions. Webhook endpoints for automated deployments.

Container Support

Run Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes. Pre-hardened images available with HIPAA-compliant configurations.

Database Hosting

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis—all with automatic encrypted backups and replication options.

Custom Stack Freedom

Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, PHP, Java—install any runtime. We support your tech choices, not dictate them.

Common Deployment Patterns

API Backend
Node.js/Express or Python/FastAPI
PostgreSQL with replication
Redis for session storage
GitHub Actions for CI/CD
Full-Stack SaaS
React/Next.js frontend
Ruby on Rails API layer
PostgreSQL + Elasticsearch
Docker containers
Data Processing
Python data pipelines
Apache Airflow orchestration
MongoDB for document storage
Scheduled HIPAA-compliant jobs
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Trusted by Healthcare Developers

Over 500 SaaS companies trust HIPAA Vault to host their compliant infrastructure.

500+

Healthcare SaaS Companies

99.99%

Uptime (Last 12 Months)

<1hr

Average Critical Response Time

0

HIPAA Breaches Reported

David K.

Eight months after launching on HIPAA Vault we passed our first HIPAA security assessment with zero infrastructure findings.
Our auditor said it was one of the cleanest environments they’d reviewed.

Michelle L.

A health system asked for our security documentation during procurement. We sent our HIPAA Vault BAA. A review that normally takes 4–6 months closed in two weeks. We won a $280K contract we would have lost.

Ryan S.

Our CTO estimated 5 months to build HIPAA-compliant infrastructure ourselves. With HIPAA Vault we were in production in 7 weeks. Our engineers shipped features the entire time.

Thomas C.

One engineer was spending 30–40% of their time on compliance tasks. That’s completely gone now. We redirected that capacity to product and shipped two major features in the same quarter we migrated.

Andrea P.

An enterprise client required a third-party security audit as a condition of renewal. Every infrastructure control came back clean. HIPAA Vault had documented everything. We renewed and grew the contract.

James W.

We migrated from self-managed AWS to HIPAA Vault over a long weekend. Zero downtime, no data exposure, BAA updated the same day. What I expected to take 3 weeks was done in 4 days.

Certifications & Compliance

HIPAA Compliant

SOC 2 Type II

HITRUST CSF

99.99% SLA

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Simple, Transparent Pricing

Choose your plan

All plans include full hosting stack, HIPAA compliance + monitoring, 24/7 support, BAA and enerypted backups.


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  • 2 Yr Annual Save up to 17%

HIPAA Linux Starter

Month To Month Plan

$339/mo

Monthly

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    • Single server (combined web & DB)
    • 2 VCPU/16 GB RAM/40 GB SSD
    • 500 GB monthly outbound bandwidth Only data sent from your site to visitors (egress) counts toward your limit. All data uploads to your site (ingress) are 100% free.
    • Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    • 1 Secure VPN user
    • Encrypted backups & audit logging
    • HIPAA compliance stack + BAA
    • 24/7 monitoring & support

HIPAA Linux Standard

Month To Month Plan

$599/mo

Monthly

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    • Dual-server (dedicated web & DB)
    • Web: 2 VCPU/8GB RAM/30 GB SSD
    • DB: 2 VCPU/8GB RAM/30 GB SSD
    • 750 GB monthly outbound bandwidth Only data sent from your site to visitors (egress) counts toward your limit. All data uploads to your site (ingress) are 100% free.
    • Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    • 1 Secure VPN user
    • Encrypted backups & audit logging
    • HIPAA compliance stack + BAA
    • 24/7 monitoring & support

HIPAA Linux High Availability

Month To Month Plan

$1,799/mo

Monthly

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    • Load-balanced & auto-scaling architecture
    • 4x web instances (2 VCPU/8GB RAM each)
    • Managed HA database (2 VCPU/ 7.5 GB / 50 GB SSD)
    • 1 TB HA shared file storage
    • 1 TB monthly outbound bandwidth Only data sent from your site to visitors (egress) counts toward your limit. All data uploads to your site (ingress) are 100% free.
    • Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    • 5 Secure VPN users
    • HIPAA compliance stack + BAA
    • 24/7 priority support

Trusted by 1000+ customers

Plan Specifications

Specification Starter $299/mo Standard $599/mo — Most Popular High Availability $999/mo
Architecture Single server (web + DB combined) 2-tier (dedicated web & DB) Load-balanced MIGs + HA DB
Compute 2 vCPU 4 vCPU (2 web + 2 DB) ~10 vCPU (8 web + 2 DB)
Memory (RAM) 16 GB 16 GB (8 web + 8 DB) ~39.5 GB total
SSD Storage 40 GB 60 GB (30 web + 30 DB) 50 GB + 1 TB HA file storage
Monthly data transfer 500 GB egress 750 GB egress 1 TB egress
Web Application Firewall Included Included Included
Secure VPN users 1 user 1 user 5 users
Dedicated DB server — Yes Managed HA
Auto-scaling — — Managed instance groups
HA shared file storage — — 1 TB (Filestore)
HIPAA compliance stack All plans All plans All plans
BAA included All plans All plans All plans
Encrypted backups All plans All plans All plans
24/7 support Standard Standard Priority
Best for Small practices, early-stage apps, single-app workloads Growing healthcare SaaS requiring DB isolation & performance Mission-critical apps, high traffic, enterprise dev teams

Your data is always yours.

We’ve built this business on trust – and that includes making it easy to leave if you ever need to.

Export anytime, in standard formats

Your data is stored in industry-standard formats. No proprietary lock-in, no conversion fees.

Cancel anytime, no penalties

Month-to-month flexibility. No early termination fees. No minimum contract commitments.

We’ll help you migrate out

If you need to move on, we provide export assistance and full documentation – just like we do coming in.

BAA termination handled cleanly

Our BAA includes a clear termination process with defined data destruction or return procedures.

Answering Your questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Common technical and compliance questions answered by our specialist team.

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