Covered entities and business associates must protect electronic protected health information with administrative, physical and technical safeguards. We run those safeguards for you and document them for regulators, partners and HITRUST assessors.
Security Rule safeguard categories
The HIPAA Security Rule requires a documented risk analysis, risk management, workforce training, access controls, audit logging, integrity and transmission security for ePHI. The Breach Notification Rule sets deadlines when PHI is exposed.
HITRUST CSF builds on HIPAA, NIST and ISO into one certifiable framework, and requires internal audits every year to maintain certification.
Covered entities that create, receive or store ePHI.
Business associates that process PHI for covered entities.
Any vendor with access to patient data.
Where ePHI lives, who can reach it, and the risks that matter most.
Policies, training, access controls, encryption, logging and business associate agreements.
24×7 SOC, incident response plans and breach notification readiness.
HIPAA reviews and HITRUST internal audits to keep certification.
No official one exists. Organizations demonstrate HIPAA compliance through documented risk analysis, safeguards and, often, HITRUST certification or a SOC 2 + HIPAA report.
Yes. Digital Edge signs business associate agreements and operates as a HIPAA business associate.
Yes, including readiness, internal audits required yearly for certification, and the evidence HITRUST assessors request.
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