Data protection

Background

Quantix Laboratory manages sensitive research pipelines, clinical trial datasets, and intellectual property across multiple European locations. As the company scaled, security controls failed to keep pace with the volume of researchers, vendors, and cloud systems touching critical data.

Challenge

Leadership needed to strengthen data protection without slowing research teams down. The most urgent issues were fragmented access controls, inconsistent encryption practices, and limited visibility into suspicious behavior across labs and remote teams.

Approach

Hexons designed a layered security program focused on the systems that carried the highest regulatory and operational risk.

• Introduced zero-trust access policies for research environments and cloud storage.

• Standardized encryption for data in transit and at rest across collaboration tools.

• Rolled out identity monitoring and conditional access for employees and external partners.

• Built real-time alerting for credential misuse, phishing attempts, and unusual file movement.

Results

Within six months, Quantix reduced phishing and credential-based incidents by 92% while improving audit readiness and internal confidence in how sensitive data was handled. Security became a reliable operating layer instead of a bottleneck for research teams.

Outcome

The engagement gave Quantix a scalable security foundation for future growth, vendor collaboration, and stricter compliance requirements across the pharmaceutical sector.