CatSol

CatSol is a mid-sized healthcare solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. Its team of experienced, trained medical coders and billing specialists aims to be an effective partner that delivers consistent outcomes while helping clients build future capacity.

CatSol manages a large database of client information, medical histories, and physician data. That data is the fuel that powers its business, driving the high-end data science models it uses to serve clients, which makes protecting it mission-critical.

CatSol relies on AWS for its IT infrastructure, supporting users around the clock. As the business grew, it faced a range of operational, compliance, and disaster recovery challenges, including the risk of data loss, downtime impact, multi-region setup, AMI and data replication, automated failover and testing, cost efficiency, compliance, and security.

• An insufficient recovery strategy. The previous disaster recovery approach left CatSol vulnerable to data loss in the event of a system breakdown or natural disaster.
• Sensitive data at stake. A massive database of client, medical history, and physician records powers the business and its data science models, so any loss would be severe.
• Regulatory pressure. Rules protecting sensitive client health records require a comprehensive, dependable disaster recovery solution.

CatSol reached out to Velaura for an automated, comprehensive solution. After a thorough evaluation and analysis of the existing architecture, Velaura's solution architects implemented a comprehensive, secure disaster recovery solution.

• Geographically separate AWS Region. Physically separate data centers mean an impact in one region does not affect the other, ensuring data redundancy and availability during regional outages.
• Automated cross-region backup. AWS Data Lifecycle Manager automates and moves EC2 backups to a separate AWS region.
• Encryption everywhere. All AMIs are encrypted with proprietary keys to secure data both in transit and at rest.
• Cost-efficient pay-as-you-go. Recovery resources are activated only when needed, and backup policies automatically remove old backups and AMIs at retention end, lowering storage costs.
• Compliance by design. AWS security features, including encryption, identity and access management, and network isolation, ensure compliance with industry regulations.

With Velaura's disaster recovery solution live on AWS, CatSol moved from a vulnerable, insufficient recovery posture to one that is resilient, automated, secure, and cost-aware.

• Resilient multi-region recovery with automated cross-region backup that withstands regional outages and disasters.
• Protected sensitive data through encrypted backups secured in transit and at rest with proprietary keys.
• Lower cost from pay-as-you-go recovery and automated backup retention cleanup.
• Regulatory compliance via encryption, access management, and network isolation, with tens of thousands of hours returned to the business.