Health Agency in Maryland

Client Background

The Health Agency in Maryland serves over 600,000 residents and operates a diverse set of public service websites under its department and local agencies.
As public engagement grew, the Agency’s IT team faced persistent challenges with website performance, cybersecurity risks, and infrastructure scalability.

The Agency partnered with Infojini to migrate their entire web ecosystem to a secure, scalable cloud environment while strengthening data security and ensuring HIPAA compliance for health-related information.

Client Need

Challenges

The project aimed to:

Migrate all 15 websites (including high-traffic public health domains) to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Enhance site performance and uptime with distributed load handling.
Implement HIPAA-compliant security configurations for health data protection.
Establish monitoring, alerting, and maintenance frameworks for continuous uptime.
Build separate environments for development, testing, and production, ensuring stability and version control.

Challenges

The existing IT setup posed multiple technical and operational challenges:

Aging Infrastructure: Legacy on-prem servers could not handle increasing traffic demands.
Security Vulnerabilities: Insufficient firewall rules and encryption left data at risk.
Complex Multi-Site Environment: The Agency managed over a dozen independent websites and subdomains, each with unique CMS and design layers.
Performance Instability: Frequent downtime and slow load speeds affected citizen trust.
Regulatory Compliance: The health department needed strict adherence to HIPAA standards for all personal and health-related data.

Our Solution

Infojini executed a comprehensive website migration and modernization strategy leveraging AWS Cloud Infrastructure. Our solution was designed to ensure high performance, data protection, and scalability while minimizing downtime during transition.

Cloud Migration & Infrastructure Setup
- Migrated WordPress and Joomla sites from on-premises to AWS EC2 instances.
- Configured Apache web servers and set up dedicated RDS (Relational Database Service) databases.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines for version control and seamless deployment.
Performance Optimization
- Integrated Varnish cache to accelerate page rendering.
- Deployed Application Load Balancers (ALB) to evenly distribute web traffic.
- Adopted a distributed architecture to prevent single points of failure.
Security & Compliance
- Deployed a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with custom rules for IP filtering and DDoS mitigation.
- Configured geolocation-based traffic blocking to protect against overseas attacks.
- Established Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks isolating sensitive data systems.
- Encrypted data at rest using SHA-1 and implemented Network Access Control Lists (NACLs).
- Applied HIPAA-compliant monitoring for protected health information (PHI).
Automation & Support
- Set up automated uptime monitoring and email alerting for faults.
- Delivered 24×7 maintenance support through an SLA-based helpdesk system.

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Realized Benefits

Infojini transformed static, high-latency websites into a dynamic cloud-based infrastructure that scales effortlessly under demand surges, ensuring the Agency’s public information is always available, even during health emergencies.

HIPAA-First Security Implementation
A proactive data-protection framework was embedded into the architecture, including encryption, restricted network access, and real-time monitoring, exceeding standard compliance benchmarks.

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