Automate HIPAA Security Rule Compliance
Continuous ePHI monitoring, automated audit log collection, and evidence-backed security risk analysis. Built for covered entities and business associates handling patient health information.
- Security Rule Requirements
- 54
- Max Penalty Per Violation
- $1.9M
- Breach Notification Window
- 60d
- Evidence Sources
- Auto
Full HIPAA Security & Privacy Rule Coverage
Administrative, physical, and technical safeguards — plus Breach Notification and Privacy Rule requirements — all mapped, evidenced, and audit-ready.
Administrative Safeguards
Administrative safeguards are the policies and procedures that manage the selection, development, and maintenance of security measures. CATAAM maps risk assessments, workforce training, and incident response procedures as linked evidence.
- §164.308(a)(1) – Security Management Process
- §164.308(a)(2) – Assigned Security Responsibility
- §164.308(a)(3) – Workforce Security
- §164.308(a)(4) – Information Access Management
- §164.308(a)(5) – Security Awareness and Training
- §164.308(a)(6) – Security Incident Procedures
- §164.308(a)(7) – Contingency Plan
- §164.308(a)(8) – Evaluation
Physical Safeguards
Physical safeguards govern access to facilities and equipment housing ePHI. CATAAM documents physical access controls, clean desk policies, and device management procedures.
- §164.310(a) – Facility Access Controls
- §164.310(b) – Workstation Use
- §164.310(c) – Workstation Security
- §164.310(d) – Device and Media Controls
Technical Safeguards
Technical safeguards are the technology controls that protect ePHI. CATAAM harvests AWS IAM, CloudTrail audit logs, KMS key policies, and TLS cipher assessments automatically.
- §164.312(a) – Access Control
- §164.312(b) – Audit Controls
- §164.312(c) – Integrity
- §164.312(d) – Person or Entity Authentication
- §164.312(e) – Transmission Security
Breach Notification Rule
The Breach Notification Rule requires covered entities to notify affected individuals, HHS, and media within 60 days of discovering a breach. CATAAM maintains an incident log and breach risk assessment documentation.
- §164.402 – Definition of breach
- §164.404 – Individual notification
- §164.406 – Media notification
- §164.408 – HHS notification
Privacy Rule (Key Controls)
The Privacy Rule governs how covered entities use and disclose protected health information. CATAAM tracks data flows, access rights, and NPP documentation as compliance evidence.
- §164.502 – Uses and disclosures
- §164.514 – Minimum necessary standard
- §164.520 – Notice of Privacy Practices
- §164.524 – Access to PHI
Continuous HIPAA Compliance, Not Point-in-Time Audits
Replace annual risk assessments and manual evidence gathering with continuous automated compliance monitoring.
Map your ePHI data flows
Define where Protected Health Information lives — S3 buckets, RDS instances, Lambda functions. CATAAM auto-discovers cloud resources handling ePHI via AWS integrations.
Automate audit log collection
CloudTrail, VPC flow logs, and RDS audit logs feed continuously into CATAAM. Every ePHI access event is captured and linked to §164.312(b) Audit Controls automatically.
Run security risk analysis
HIPAA §164.308(a)(1) requires documented security risk analysis. CATAAM's BAS and iASM generate a continuous, evidence-backed risk analysis — not a one-time spreadsheet.
Export compliance documentation
Generate OCR-ready HIPAA compliance reports, risk analysis documentation, and evidence packages. Audit-ready for covered entity and business associate assessments.
Security Risk Analysis That Satisfies OCR Scrutiny
The #1 finding in OCR enforcement actions is an inadequate or missing security risk analysis. CATAAM generates continuous, evidence-backed risk analysis documentation that demonstrates a thorough assessment — not a checkbox exercise.
- ePHI asset inventory auto-populated from cloud discovery
- Threat probability scored from BAS simulation results
- Technical safeguard gaps identified with remediation steps
- Risk analysis document exportable for OCR review
HIPAA Compliance Frequently Asked Questions
- What is HIPAA compliance and who is required to comply?
- HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) sets national standards for protecting sensitive patient health information. Covered entities — health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and healthcare providers — must comply with the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. Business associates (vendors who handle PHI on behalf of covered entities) must also comply and sign Business Associate Agreements (BAAs). Non-compliance can result in civil and criminal penalties up to $1.9 million per violation category per year.
- What is ePHI and what does CATAAM monitor for it?
- ePHI (electronic Protected Health Information) is any individually identifiable health information created, received, maintained, or transmitted electronically. CATAAM discovers AWS resources (S3 buckets, RDS instances, DynamoDB tables, Lambda functions) that may contain ePHI, monitors access controls and audit logging on those resources, and maps findings to the specific HIPAA technical safeguard requirements they affect — §164.312(a) access control, §164.312(b) audit controls, and §164.312(e) transmission security.
- How does CATAAM support HIPAA security risk analysis?
- HIPAA §164.308(a)(1) requires covered entities to conduct an accurate and thorough security risk analysis as the foundation of their Security Rule compliance program. CATAAM generates continuous risk analysis by combining iASM asset discovery (identifying all systems that store or transmit ePHI), BAS threat simulation (testing controls against real attack vectors), and gap analysis against all administrative, physical, and technical safeguard requirements. This produces an audit-ready risk analysis document rather than a point-in-time spreadsheet.
- Can CATAAM help with both covered entity and business associate compliance?
- Yes. CATAAM supports both covered entities (health plans, providers, clearinghouses) and business associates (technology vendors, billing services, cloud providers handling PHI). The platform manages Business Associate Agreement tracking, maps controls to the full Security Rule requirement set, and provides the audit documentation required by both parties. For business associates with multiple healthcare clients, CATAAM's partner dashboard manages per-client compliance environments.
- How does HIPAA cross-map with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 in CATAAM?
- Many HIPAA technical safeguard requirements overlap significantly with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 controls. For example, §164.312(a) Access Control maps to SOC 2 CC6.1 and ISO 27001 A.9. CATAAM's cross-framework control mapping means that a single IAM policy review satisfies all three frameworks simultaneously. Organisations pursuing multiple certifications alongside HIPAA compliance can reduce their total compliance work by up to 60% through this unified evidence approach.
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