Iguana Solutions Achieves HDS Certification
Iguana Solutions is proud to announce that it has achieved HDS (Hébergement de Données de Santé) certification, awarded following a rigorous audit by Bureau Veritas under the accreditation of COFRAC. This milestone positions Iguana Solutions as one of the few sovereign AI infrastructure providers in France authorized to host and process healthcare data.
What Is HDS Certification?
HDS is a mandatory French certification for any organization that hosts personal health data on behalf of healthcare institutions, research organizations, or pharmaceutical companies. Established by the French government, the standard ensures that sensitive medical data is stored, processed, and transmitted with the highest levels of security, traceability, and privacy.
The certification covers six activities spanning physical infrastructure hosting, managed infrastructure hosting, and application hosting. Achieving HDS requires demonstrating compliance with ISO 27001 standards plus additional healthcare-specific requirements.
Why HDS Matters for AI in Healthcare
The convergence of artificial intelligence and healthcare presents extraordinary opportunities: accelerated drug discovery, improved diagnostic accuracy, personalized treatment plans, and operational efficiency gains across hospital networks. However, these advances depend on processing vast quantities of sensitive patient data, making compliance non-negotiable.
With HDS certification, Iguana Solutions' Full Stack AI platform enables hospitals and research institutions to deploy AI workloads, including large language models, computer vision systems, and predictive analytics pipelines, while maintaining full GDPR and HDS compliance.
Full Stack AI: HDS-Compliant by Design
The Full Stack AI platform has been architected from the ground up to meet the stringent requirements of healthcare data hosting. Key capabilities include:
- Encrypted infrastructure: End-to-end encryption for data at rest and in transit, with hardware-level security modules
- AI deployment environments: Isolated GPU-accelerated environments for training and inference, ensuring data separation between tenants
- Compliant data pipelines: Auditable data ingestion, transformation, and storage workflows with full chain-of-custody tracking
- Monitoring dashboards: Real-time visibility into infrastructure health, access logs, and compliance status
Sovereign Infrastructure for Sensitive Data
Data sovereignty is not optional when handling healthcare information. The Full Stack AI platform runs exclusively on European infrastructure, with data centers located in France. No data ever leaves EU jurisdiction, and all operations are subject to French and European law, not the CLOUD Act or other extraterritorial frameworks.
This sovereign approach provides healthcare organizations with the legal certainty they need to deploy AI at scale without compromising patient privacy or regulatory standing.
Continuous Compliance: Audits and Renewal
HDS certification is not a one-time achievement. Iguana Solutions undergoes annual surveillance audits conducted by Bureau Veritas to verify ongoing compliance, with a full recertification process every three years. This continuous oversight ensures that security practices evolve alongside emerging threats and regulatory changes.
Unlocking AI for Healthcare
With HDS certification, Iguana Solutions removes one of the last remaining barriers to AI adoption in healthcare. Organizations can now leverage the Full Stack AI platform to build, train, and deploy AI models on the most sensitive data, with complete confidence in the security, sovereignty, and compliance of the underlying infrastructure.
For healthcare institutions ready to accelerate their AI initiatives, the path is now clear. Contact our team to learn how HDS-certified Full Stack AI can transform your operations.