Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The primary vulnerability management goals of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act are to protect information systems housing PHI from intrusion and to document risk analysis and risk management programs.
HIPAA, enacted in 1996, mandates that companies take prudent steps to protect the medical information they collect and retain from patients. The law affects insurers, hospitals, laboratories, doctor's offices and the pharmaceutical industry. HIPAA also applies to employers who keep employee health data for insurance purposes.
eEye Digital Security® Retina Vulnerability Assessment solutions and Blink Endpoint Protection Platform provide proactive security for companies that deal with medical information. A Retina Network Security Scan can pinpoint vulnerabilities before hackers exploit them to obtain patient information.
eEye Digital Security® offers companies working to comply with HIPAA regulations these features:
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Detecting vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. eEye Digital Security's Retina Vulnerability Scanning Solutions will allow administrators to identify vulnerabilities and security exposures before they can be exploited.
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Mitigation. When Retina finds vulnerabilities, it leads network administrators to the fastest fixes for them using hyperlinks and the latest remediation documentation.
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Documenting HIPAA network security compliance. eEye Digital Security reports provide customers with comprehensive records for documenting HIPAA compliance and a historical perspective of a network's security posture through delta and trending reports.
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Demonstrating protection from attack. The eEye Digital Security’s Blink Endpoint Protection Platform provides a high level of assurance of protection from an attack and protection from loss of critical client patient information.
More detailed information regarding HIPAA can be found at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa