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MedStack differentiates from hyperscalers with enforced, mandatory security defaults

Simon Woodside · MedStack Grows 300% TTM, Raises $3.2m Seed at $15m Valuation · Dec 21, 2021 · at 13:07

Simon Woodside, co-founder and CTO of MedStack, explains how MedStack enforces compliance guarantees compared to raw cloud providers.

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“This is what really differentiates us from, like, an Amazon or an Azure is, you know, for MedStack, firewalls are on by default, and our customers can't turn them off. We encrypt all incoming communications. By default, you can't turn it off. We back up everything that our customers have, and you can't turn it off.”

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The claim, plainly

MedStack differentiates itself from cloud providers like AWS and Azure by mandating enforced, un-disableable security defaults including firewalls, encryption, and backups.

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Assessment

MedStack's technical architecture, documentation, and product specifications confirm all components of the claim. Official platform documentation explicitly states that ingress traffic is restricted strictly to port 443 via firewall and load balancer rules that 'cannot be changed.' Similarly, encryption for data in-transit and at-rest is enforced through the platform's Encryption Engine without end-user ability to bypass or disable it, and automated immutable backups are captured without customer opt-out mechanisms. Furthermore, MedStack's positioning contrasts this directly against standard cloud providers like AWS and Azure, which delegate these configuration responsibilities to the customer under a shared responsibility model.

MedStack's Technical Overview documentation confirms: 'Traffic can only ingress to Docker services on MedStack Control via port 443. This restriction is imposed on the firewall and load balancer rules and cannot be changed.'
MedStack specifications document that data in-transit and at-rest encryption are strictly enforced by the platform's Encryption Engine without platform-level override capabilities.
Platform disaster recovery specifications confirm that automated, immutable backup procedures run on a continuous schedule without end-user opt-out toggles or disable options.

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[1] medstack.co [2] medstack.co [3] medstack.co [4] medstack.co [5] medstack.co [6] medstack.co [7] medstack.co [8] medstack.co

site medstack.co documentation security firewalls encryption backups MedStack documentation firewalls encryption backups enforced cannot be disabled MedStack security architecture defaults firewalls encryption backups site:medstack.co "cannot be changed" OR "enforced" OR "cannot be disabled" site:medstack.co/docs OR site:docs.medstack.co firewall encryption backups MedStack control inheritance enforced security defaults "medstack" "port 443" firewall "cannot be changed"

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“And then the other thing is, you know, we're a Canadian company, so we don't get the Silicon Valley. If we were a Silicon Valley company, yeah, we would have it would be a different story, but you know what?”

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MedStack averages $1,500 to $2,000 in monthly revenue per customer

“So the average is you know, there's definitely quite the range from small to large, but kind of like typically between, you know, our average is going to fall like 1500 to 2000 US dollars a month.”

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MedStack serves approximately 90 total customers

“I think it's around 90.”

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MedStack projects $2M ARR by the end of 2021

“We're just shy of two million ARR. So it's like probably a little bit less than that, but we'll, we'll be hitting two million ARR by the end of the year.”

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Disclosure

MedStack closes $3.1M funding round led by Blu Ventures and Telus

“So we actually just completed a raise of 3.1 million. And so that was led by blue ventures and tell us one of our previous investors investors as well.”

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“No, I don't think we're quite there. I think it's, I don't, I think it's like 1.1 or 1.2, something like that.”

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