The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) establishes national standards in the U.S. to safeguard sensitive patient health information. Healthcare organizations comply with the HIPAA specifications using the support extended by cloud providers like AWS or Azure. HIPAA’s security rule requires the protection of electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI), ensuring its confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Saner’s compliance rules support adherence to HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance) standards and provide a comprehensive set of global configuration rules that help organizations align their cloud environments with industry-standard security practices. The focus of these rules is on protecting sensitive health data (ePHI) and maintaining strict access controls.
These rules offer flexible deployment options; they can be enforced globally across all AWS regions or regionally within specific AWS regions, depending on the organization’s business objectives and regulatory requirements.
Each rule is mapped to specific AWS resources and services and is utilized by security and compliance teams to assess configurations against the HIPAA/HITRUST framework.
Where to Go Next?
Follow the links to know more about the benchmark compliance rules implemented in Saner Cloud(AWS):
