Securing the Digital Backbone of National Health and Human Services
Entarian delivers FISMA-compliant, high-availability hosting solutions that empower the HHS OCIO to protect the health and security of all Americans. By bridging the gap between complex infrastructure and essential service delivery, we ensure mission-critical application remain resilient, scalable, and secure.
Case Study
Ensuring Service Resilience and Security for the HHS OCIO
To support the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mission of protecting national health and security, Entarian delivers comprehensive Application Hosting Services that bridge the gap between complex infrastructure and essential service delivery. By providing secure, FISMA-compliant physical and virtualized hosting solutions, we enable the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to reduce costs and maintain a rigorous security posture. Our solutions support ensures that critical health applications remain resilient and accessible, directly advancing the Department’s ability to foster sustained advances in medicine and public health.
American Interests,
By the Numbers
~100%
SLA uptime to meet rigorous
government requirements
50+
Mission-critical applications that
power HHS mission success
650
Managed assets to provide
full-spectrum hosting support for 500 agency servers and 150 network devices
The Mission
The HHS OCIO serves as the strategic backbone for the Department’s health and human services mission by leading the development of a unified enterprise IT infrastructure. Tasked with protecting the health and security of all Americans, the OCIO must deliver a computing platform that is simultaneously reliable, scalable, and flexible. This foundation ensures that essential services are supported through every stage of the technology lifecycle, from initial requirements gathering to final implementation.
To maintain this vital infrastructure, the OCIO requires a sophisticated multi-provider environment capable of reducing operational costs without compromising on rigorous security standards. The challenge lies in fostering rapid advances in medicine and public health while safeguarding sensitive national security data. By aligning modern IT services with organizational goals, the OCIO ensures that the Department remains equipped to enhance the well-being of the American people through a secure and high-performing digital landscape.
Our Solution
To modernize the HHS application environment, Entarian delivers a high‑velocity migration to a Cloud Managed Application Hosting Center (C‑MAHC), beginning with a low‑risk transition to our FISMA High accredited facility to ensure mission stability and continuity while our Cloud Expert Group defines the optimal path for AWS integration. This approach enables rapid continuity with leadership deployed in 10 days and full staff transitions completed in 88 days, provides total transparency through the C‑STAT Portal for real‑time visibility into performance, analytics, and costs, and strengthens security and efficiency through automated workflows and specialized expertise that create a resilient, cloud‑native ecosystem.
Results
Accelerated Application Modernization
Since 2008, the HHS–Entarian partnership has transitioned and operated complex hosting solutions for more than 80 HHS applications. Critical business systems receive priority, ensuring high availability and seamless performance for the Department’s most essential services.
On-Demand Enterprise Scalability
A highly scalable environment was architected to support rapid growth and speed. This curated infrastructure solution enabled HHS to expand from 13 initial applications to more than 50 mission‑critical systems, demonstrating an elite capacity to onboard new customers and evolving requirements quickly.
Virtualization-Driven Cost Efficiency
By adopting a Private Cloud environment, over 70% of hosted servers were virtualized. This approach improved resource agility and delivered substantial cost savings to the agency through optimized virtual server instances and reduced hardware footprints.
High-Availability Hosting Continuity
A resilient, dual‑site architecture was engineered across Tier 3+ Data Centers to support near 100% SLA uptime. This “Zero‑Fail” hosting environment ensures that vital health services and national security data remain continuously accessible.
