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Cisco Compliance Solution for HIPAA Security Rule

Healthcare organizations must keep up with constant changes. The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule of January 2013 strengthened the criteria for helping to secure protected health information (PHI). As of September 2013, all covered entities and business associates must comply with this rule. They must also understand the findings from the 2012 HIPAA audits.

The Cisco Compliance Solution for HIPAA Security Rule is a set of Cisco recommended guidelines for building a network to meet HIPAA technical requirements. Assessed by external auditors, this solution recommends a validated architecture to help you satisfy HIPAA technical safeguards effectively.

The design and implementation guide provides detailed configurations and insights to improve your existing network to:

• Address HIPAA Security Rule technical requirements
• Increase your network security to help safeguard PHI and other critical data

From this guide, you can also learn about:

• Technologies that can meet your network needs
• Design methods to satisfy HIPAA requirements
• Strategies for speeding deployment

Cisco also provides compliance management services. You get compliance status updates for your network after you implement changes.