HIPAA is the US healthcare privacy law. If you touch patient data — directly or as a vendor — you need administrative, physical and technical safeguards plus an audit trail proving they work.
HIPAA security readiness requires administrative, physical and technical safeguards, access control, audit logs, risk analysis, incident response and evidence that protected health information is handled safely.
Each requirement of the chosen framework, scored against each tool. Coverage is editorial — based on public documentation, vendor demos and user reports.
| Requirement | 🇵🇱 $200 / month | 🇺🇸 from $59 / endpoint / year | 🇺🇸 from ~$8 | 🇺🇸 from ~$7 | 🇺🇸 from $3 / user / month | 🇨🇭 from $85 / workstation / year | Editor's note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Risk analysis Documented PHI risk analysis. | Implemented | Partial | Strong | Strong | Partial | Not included | ›Risk analysis tied to PHI flows you actually have. |
Audit logs & review Reviewable audit logs across PHI systems. | Via integration | Strong | Partial | Partial | Strong | Partial | ›Centralizes log-review evidence from Defender/CrowdStrike. |
Access controls (technical safeguards) Unique IDs, MFA, automatic logoff. | Via integration | Implemented | Strong | Strong | Strong | Partial | ›Verifies controls across all PHI systems in one report. |
BAA inventory All business associates tracked with signed BAAs. | Implemented | Not included | Strong | Strong | Not included | Not included | ›BAA tracking included — no GRC add-on required. |
Encryption of PHI At-rest and in-transit, with proof. | Via integration | Implemented | Partial | Partial | Implemented | Strong | ›Cross-checks encryption posture across cloud, endpoints, backups. |
Backup & contingency Tested restore proofs. | Via integration | Not included | Partial | Partial | Not included | Strong | ›Routes Acronis restore tests into HIPAA evidence pack. |
Workforce training Training records per workforce member. | Via integration | Not included | Strong | Strong | Not included | Not included | ›Pulls KnowBe4/Hoxhunt completion into evidence. |
Methodology: public docs, vendor demos, practitioner interviews. Verify with each vendor before purchase.
HIPAA is the US healthcare privacy law. If you touch patient data — directly or as a vendor — you need administrative, physical and technical safeguards plus an audit trail proving they work.
US healthcare and business associates.
Risk analyses, audit logs, BAAs, training records.
Audit log review and BAA inventory.
Maps PHI flows to safeguards and runs evidence packs.