HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA privacy laws have forever changed the way the healthcare industry operates. This piece of far-reaching legislation calls for the security and privacy of all electronic patient data, regardless of location. SonicWALL provides HIPAA-compliant solutions to the healthcare industry, ensuring that every piece of patient data, regardless of location, is absolutely safe from attack. SonicWALL solutions map to every requirement of HIPAA, including specifications for access controls, audit controls, integrity, authentication, and transmission security.
Wireless Solutions
Another healthcare revolution is quietly taking place in the wireless world, with wireless network access bringing caregivers tremendous new possibilities in terms of immediate access to patient information, whenever and wherever it is needed. SonicWALL makes wireless networking secure by integrating 802.11 wireless with enterprise-class, wireless-enabled firewall/VPN gateway appliances. In addition to wireless, secure VPNs allow caregivers to log in securely from any location—from a remote clinic, from the road, or from home—and gain access to vital patient information without delay. SonicWALL VPNs are highly secure with strict, user-level authentication, so there is no possibility of a third party gaining access by impersonating a remote user.
Network Protection
SonicWALL’s firewall gateway appliances also provide hospitals and other healthcare environments with a secure site that keeps attackers at bay. Unauthorized access to a hospital network could jeopardize the hospital’s day-to-day business, not to mention the health of a patient. The firewall provides the first line of defense against Internet security attacks of all types.
Compliance Reporting
Reporting is a major part of HIPAA compliance. Fortunately, SonicWALL has a solution on this front as well, with its easy to manage Global Management System (GMS) software. GMS facilitates the management of multiple VPNs and firewalls from a single location, and also includes reporting facilities that enables administrators to review the facility’s security infrastructure at a glance. These reporting facilities are also capable of generating the reports necessary to comply with HIPAA regulations.
Download the Comprehensive Internet Security for Healthcare data sheet.
