Respond to the HITECH ACT
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, has had a dramatic affect on the manner in which health care organizations address privacy and security concerns associated with the management of electronic health information. In addition to pushing organizations to rapidly extend their IT security capabilities related to Electronic Health Records (EHRs), HITECH expands both civil and criminal penalties for improper handling and protection of information covered by HIPAA.
Using our products and services to carry out comprehensive security testing across multiple threat vectors using a vast library of commercial-grade exploits allows health care organizations and their business partners (many of whom must also address HITECH and HIPAA) to gain extensive visibility into the cause, effect and prevention of sophisticated data breaches – and verify that they are maintaining the layered defenses and encryption controls required under those regulatory audit guidelines.
By allowing health care companies and their business partners to test their IT security standing in direct relation to real-world threats and data breach attempts, our solutions and services enable organizations to directly address the HITECH Act and information protection requirements established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Learn how conducting penetration testing at health care institutions can help you to: