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IT & Cybersecurity for Medical Device & Life Sciences Companies in Minnesota
SOL-I.S. provides managed IT and cybersecurity for medical device and life sciences companies across the Minnesota South Metro, built on genuine first-hand industry experience. Founder Troy Solis spent his pre-MSP career inside the medical device industry, so this is not a vertical we learned from a brochure, it is where our roots are. From early-stage startups to scaling and acquired companies, we understand quality-driven environments, intellectual property, and the scrutiny that comes with both.
In medical device, your IP and your quality systems are the company.
For a medical device or life sciences company, the technology environment holds the most valuable and most scrutinized assets you have: design files, validated systems, regulated records, and irreplaceable intellectual property. A breach, a lost data set, or a poorly controlled system does not just cause downtime, it can threaten funding, regulatory standing, and the device pathway itself. Investors and regulators both expect the IT foundation to be deliberate, secure, and defensible.
What you're up against
The IT challenges this industry actually faces.
01
Protecting intellectual property
Design files, research data, and proprietary processes are the core value of the company and a prime target for theft. Security has to protect that IP without grinding development and collaboration to a halt.
02
Quality systems and validated environments
Medical device companies operate inside quality systems where changes, access, and records must be controlled and traceable. IT decisions ripple directly into validation, documentation, and audit readiness.
03
Investor and regulatory scrutiny
Funding rounds, audits, and partnership due diligence all probe how data and systems are managed. Weak or undocumented IT controls become a liability in the room where the company's future is being decided.
04
Startup-to-scale growth
Many device and life sciences companies run lean and virtual early on, then scale quickly. The IT foundation has to be secure from day one and able to grow without being torn out and rebuilt at the worst possible moment.
"The SOL-I.S. team has handled Medafor’s IT, computer and telephone needs for approximately 14 years. We couldn’t bring in-house the quality of service and support we get for the cost. They also provide pro-active, strategic thinking for our future technology needs."
How we help
Built for the way you operate.
- Managed IT designed by people who have worked inside the medical device industry, not a generic template applied to a complex environment.
- Cybersecurity focused on protecting intellectual property, research data, and design files against theft and breach.
- Security and access controls that support quality-driven, controlled environments rather than fighting against them.
- Cloud strategy and management for the virtual and distributed teams common in early-stage and scaling life sciences companies.
- Co-managed IT that works alongside internal quality, regulatory, or technical staff instead of replacing them.
- vCIO guidance to align IT and security posture with funding rounds, audits, and due diligence expectations.
- Backup and disaster recovery (BCDR) to protect critical records and ensure data is recoverable and defensible.
Compliance we work within
- FDA 21 CFR Part 11 (electronic records and signatures)
- HIPAA, where protected health information is handled
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) for structuring security controls
Core services for you
Answers
Medical Device & Life Sciences: common questions
Does SOL-I.S. actually understand the medical device industry?
Yes, and that is the difference. Founder Troy Solis spent his pre-MSP career inside the medical device industry, so SOL-I.S. brings genuine first-hand domain experience rather than surface familiarity. We have supported life sciences companies including Medafor across a 14-year relationship, EmboMedics, Gila Therapeutics, and ValenTx.
Can you support companies in FDA-regulated, quality-driven environments?
Yes. We design security and access controls to fit controlled, quality-driven environments, and we are familiar with the expectations around frameworks like FDA 21 CFR Part 11 for electronic records and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. We work to support your quality system rather than complicate it.
How do you protect our intellectual property?
We protect IP first. That means layered cybersecurity around design files and research data, controlled access, endpoint and email security, and monitored backups, so your most valuable and most targeted assets are defended without slowing your team down.
We are an early-stage, mostly virtual company. Can you still help?
Yes. Many of the device and life sciences companies we work with start lean and virtual, then scale quickly. We build a secure cloud and IT foundation that fits a small, distributed team now and can grow with you through funding and expansion.
Will your IT controls hold up under investor or regulatory due diligence?
That is exactly what we plan for. We help establish security posture, documentation, and controls that stand up to the scrutiny of funding rounds, audits, and partnership due diligence, with vCIO guidance to keep your IT story defensible as the company grows.
Let's talk about IT
Ready for IT that understands medical device & life sciences?
Start with a free, no-pressure technology assessment. A real conversation about your security, infrastructure, and risk, from a team that has done this since 2009.