Web Werks Data Center Achieves HIPAA Compliance Certification

Web Werks sets another standard for compliance by being accredited by Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA. The audit is examined by
Panacea Infosec, accompanied with a rigid evaluation process across different
criterion.

“A valuable addition to our brand confirming our compliance with the necessary
healthcare security standards, which assures our healthcare clients of the
integrity and confidentiality of their patients’ sensitive data they deal with.
As a reputed data center provider, we believe that it is our responsibility to
ensure that all the security measures are in place and complies with industry
standards,” said Nikhil Rathi, CEO, Web Werks Data Centers.

HIPAA Compliance for Organizations

HIPAA sets the regulations and provides data privacy and security provisions for
securing patient data and information. Organizations dealing with protected
health information (PHI) must ensure that they meet all the security protocols
and follow it strictly. Organizations looking to achieve the HIPPA compliance
certification first have to comprehend the two different and separate
regulations set under HIPAA that includes physical security, technical security,
and network security.

Web Werks’ HIPAA compliant infrastructure

HIPAA sets regulations, provides data privacy and security provisions for
securing patient data and information. Web Werks delivers HIPAA compliant
solutions to healthcare clients apprehending to protect ePHI data and
information under the HIPAA and HITECH Act.

Physical Security: Access to the data center is restricted to authorized
officials only, with layers of security in place that includes biometrics scan,
CCTV surveillance and many more. In addition, a check is carried out with 24×7
environmental monitoring, multiple alarm systems, notifying any suspicious
activity in the environment.

Network Security: As data centers store, transfer or process ePHI, it is
essential to provide protection against unauthorized access to data through
networks. High-end, sophisticated firewall, anti-virus and malware protection,
data encryption offers unprecedented security that functions to identify and
prevent security violations (hack, theft or attack) and alerts for real-time
action.

Cloud-based backup, IT recovery and availability: Cloud backup service or
disaster recovery covers integrity controls and measures that assures accurate
and intact ePHI data recovery in the advent of failure or electronic data error.
Furthermore, to ensure high-availability of network and services, fully
redundant data center are designed for sudden downtime, assuring mission-
critical data and applications are always available. With ISO 9001 and ISO 27001
and now HIPAA compliance, it underlines the TIER IV data center provider’s
obligation to IT security.

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