As a globally recognized information security audit firm, DigiFortex boasts a team of highly skilled experts in information security audit and compliance services. Our team comprises certified v-CISOs, GRC specialists, privacy professionals, and security experts with extensive experience. Many of our experts have contributed to McAfee and come from Big 4 consulting firms, as well as top security startups in India and Israel. This diverse background allows us to deliver cutting-edge, tailored security solutions that ensure your organization’s compliance and robust protection against emerging threats.
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What is HIPAA?
HIPAA compliance is a key component of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), a federal law focused on safeguarding sensitive patient health information from unauthorized disclosure. HIPAA establishes essential privacy and security standards for the medical data of U.S. citizens.
HIPAA Scope
The standard applies to covered entities and their business associates, including healthcare clearinghouses, employer-sponsored health plans, health insurers, and medical service providers that handle patient health information (PHI) in digital form.
HIPAA Regulations
HIPAA is divided into multiple rules: the Security Rule, Privacy Rule, Transactions and Code Sets (TCS) Rule, Unique Identifiers Rule, Breach Notification Rule, and Omnibus Final Rule. The Security Rule specifically mandates three types of safeguards—Administrative, Physical, and Technical—and imposes other organizational requirements that align with the Privacy Rule.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) clarifies that covered entities and business associates do not need to follow a single “risk analysis methodology” due to their varying sizes, resources, and complexities.
OCR identifies main objectives of a HIPAA Risk Assessment as follows:
- Identify all PHI created, received, stored, or transmitted by your organization, including PHI shared with third-party consultants, vendors, and business associates.
- Identify human, natural, and environmental threats to PHI, including both intentional and unintentional human threats.
- Evaluate the current protections in place against these threats and assess the likelihood of a “reasonably anticipated” breach.
- Assess the potential impact of a PHI breach and assign each identified risk a level based on the probability and impact.
- The findings should be documented, and appropriate measures, policies, and procedures should be implemented to meet HIPAA requirements. All risk assessments, rationales, and policy documents must be retained for a minimum of six years.
Our Approach
- Conduct in-depth assessment
- Scope Finalization
- Gap Assessmentt
- Risk Assessment
- Develop customized strategy
- Provide support for implementation
- Conduct training programs
- Final Assessment and attestation
- Monitor compliance
Why DigiFortex?
As a CERT-In empaneled and ISO 27001:2022 certified organization, DigiFortex is globally recognized in providing Information Security consulting. Our team started McAfee in India and holds 17 US patents.
Our team is composed of globally certified experts, including ISO 27001 Lead Auditors for Information Security, Certified Information Privacy Professionals for Europe (CIPP/E) from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), DSCI Certified Privacy Lead Assessors (DCPLA), CCSA, CISM, CISA, ISO 27001 LA, CEH, CRTP and more. Backed by diverse industry experience, our professionals provide comprehensive security and privacy solutions tailored to meet the highest standards.
A small glimpse of DigiFortex’s globally recognized work
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Completed the Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) audit for Amazon Pay, which included:
- IS Audit (Information System Audit)
- V-KYC (Video-based Know Your Customer)
- VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing)
- SAR (Security Assessment Report)
- RBI Data Localization compliance
- Conducted security assessments for the #1 U.S. financial institution, covering 17 of their websites across 17 countries.
- Performed a comprehensive Cloud Security Assessment for HDFC Bank.
- Provided IT audit services for the integration of HDFC’s system with the Government of India’s Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
- Selected by Indian Bank to conduct a full security assessment of their data centers in Chennai and Mumbai.
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