HIPAA compliance framework for GCP

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is legislation that helps US workers to retain health insurance coverage when they change or lose jobs. The legislation also seeks to encourage electronic health records to improve the efficiency and quality of the US healthcare system through improved information sharing. This framework maps HIPAA requirements to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) security best practices.

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Requirements (23)

164.308 Administrative Safeguards1252

164_308_a_1_ii_aConduct an accurate and thorough assessment of the potential risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information held by the covered entity or business associate.2

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Item Id: 164_308_a_1_ii_a
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_a_1_ii_bImplement security measures sufficient to reduce risks and vulnerabilities to a reasonable and appropriate level to comply with 164.306(a): Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all electronic protected health information the covered entity or business associate creates, receives, maintains, or transmits.16

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Item Id: 164_308_a_1_ii_b
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_a_1_ii_dImplement procedures to regularly review records of information system activity, such as audit logs, access reports, and security incident tracking reports.9

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Item Id: 164_308_a_1_ii_d
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_a_3_iImplement policies and procedures to ensure that all members of its workforce have appropriate access to electronic protected health information.6

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Item Id: 164_308_a_3_i
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_a_4_iImplement policies and procedures for authorizing access to electronic protected health information that are consistent with the applicable requirements of subpart E of this part.7

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Item Id: 164_308_a_4_i
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_a_5_ii_cProcedures for monitoring log-in attempts and reporting discrepancies.3

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Item Id: 164_308_a_5_ii_c
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_a_6_iiIdentify and respond to suspected or known security incidents; mitigate, to the extent practicable, harmful effects of security incidents that are known to the covered entity or business associate; and document security incidents and their outcomes.2

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Item Id: 164_308_a_6_ii
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_a_7_iEstablish (and implement as needed) policies and procedures for responding to an emergency or other occurrence (for example, fire, vandalism, system failure, and natural disaster) that damages systems that contain electronic protected health information.1

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Item Id: 164_308_a_7_i
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_a_7_ii_aEstablish and implement procedures to create and maintain retrievable exact copies of electronic protected health information.2

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Item Id: 164_308_a_7_ii_a
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_a_7_ii_bEstablish (and implement as needed) procedures to restore any loss of data.2

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Item Id: 164_308_a_7_ii_b
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_b_1A covered entity may permit a business associate to create, receive, maintain, or transmit electronic protected health information on the covered entity's behalf only if the covered entity obtains satisfactory assurances, in accordance with § 164.314(a), that the business associate will appropriately safeguard the information. A covered entity is not required to obtain such satisfactory assurances from a business associate that is a subcontractor.1

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Item Id: 164_308_b_1
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_308_b_2A business associate may permit a business associate that is a subcontractor to create, receive, maintain, or transmit electronic protected health information on its behalf only if the business associate obtains satisfactory assurances, in accordance with § 164.314(a), that the subcontractor will appropriately safeguard the information.1

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Item Id: 164_308_b_2
Section: 164.308 Administrative Safeguards
Service: gcp

164.310 Physical Safeguards24

164_310_a_1Implement policies and procedures to limit physical access to its electronic information systems and the facility or facilities in which they are housed, while ensuring that properly authorized access is allowed.3

Attributes

Item Id: 164_310_a_1
Section: 164.310 Physical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_310_d_1Implement policies and procedures that govern the receipt and removal of hardware and electronic media that contain electronic protected health information into and out of a facility, and the movement of these items within the facility.1

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Item Id: 164_310_d_1
Section: 164.310 Physical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164.312 Technical Safeguards939

164_312_a_1Implement technical policies and procedures for electronic information systems that maintain electronic protected health information to allow access only to those persons or software programs that have been granted access rights as specified in 164.308(a)(4).8

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Item Id: 164_312_a_1
Section: 164.312 Technical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_312_a_2_iAssign a unique name and/or number for identifying and tracking user identity.2

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Item Id: 164_312_a_2_i
Section: 164.312 Technical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_312_a_2_ivImplement a mechanism to encrypt and decrypt electronic protected health information.4

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Item Id: 164_312_a_2_iv
Section: 164.312 Technical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_312_bImplement hardware, software, and/or procedural mechanisms that record and examine activity in information systems that contain or use electronic protected health information.9

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Item Id: 164_312_b
Section: 164.312 Technical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_312_c_1Implement policies and procedures to protect electronic protected health information from improper alteration or destruction.3

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Item Id: 164_312_c_1
Section: 164.312 Technical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_312_dImplement procedures to verify that a person or entity seeking access to electronic protected health information is the one claimed.2

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Item Id: 164_312_d
Section: 164.312 Technical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_312_e_1Implement technical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to electronic protected health information that is being transmitted over an electronic communications network.3

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Item Id: 164_312_e_1
Section: 164.312 Technical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_312_e_2_iImplement security measures to ensure that electronically transmitted electronic protected health information is not improperly modified without detection until disposed of.3

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Item Id: 164_312_e_2_i
Section: 164.312 Technical Safeguards
Service: gcp

164_312_e_2_iiImplement a mechanism to encrypt electronic protected health information whenever deemed appropriate.5

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Item Id: 164_312_e_2_ii
Section: 164.312 Technical Safeguards
Service: gcp