Glossary

HIPAA
defined.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — US legislation including the Security Rule that governs the protection of electronic health information.

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What is HIPAA?

The Security Rule includes Administrative, Physical, and Technical safeguards. § 164.308(a)(8) requires periodic technical evaluation — commonly satisfied via penetration testing.

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See our web application penetration testing, API security testing, network penetration testing, and cloud security audit services for how we test for and defend against this class of issue.

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