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DevOps & Production Readiness
HIPAA compliance, Dockerization, CI/CD, and robust infrastructure
Week 13-1410 daysEstimated: 60h totalEnterprise Required
Why this matters
You're handling patient health data. HIPAA violations carry fines of $100–$50,000 per violation. Audit logging, encryption, and access controls aren't optional — they're legally required. Docker + CI/CD ensures your infrastructure is reproducible and auditable.
Healthcare Compliance & Security
Setup Audit Logging — log all PHI access with Winston/Morgan
Data Encryption at Rest — MongoDB Atlas KMS + S3 AES-256
PHI Anonymization — strip patient names from error logs
API Security Hardening
Add express-rate-limit to auth routes — prevent brute-force attacks — 5 attempts per 15 min
Add helmet.js security headers — XSS, clickjacking, MIME sniffing protection
Add input sanitization — express-validator or zod on backend for all user inputs
Harden CORS for production — explicit origin list, no wildcards, credentials: true
Containerization & Infrastructure
Dockerize Next.js — multi-stage Dockerfile standalone mode
Dockerize Express.js — Dockerfile with PM2
Terraform Setup — AWS ECS infrastructure using IaC
CI/CD & Monitoring
GitHub Actions CI — linting, tests, security scanning
GitHub Actions CD — push to ECR + zero-downtime deploy
Prometheus & Grafana — API latency, memory, error rates
Automated Backups — daily MongoDB snapshots + S3 versioning