HIPAA AWS Compliance Guide
HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — protecting protected health information (PHI). Pavora maps AWS security findings to HIPAA controls for continuous compliance monitoring and audit-ready reporting.
Overview
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — protecting protected health information (PHI). Organizations using AWS must configure cloud services to meet HIPAA requirements. Pavora automates this by running security checks against AWS resources and mapping findings to HIPAA controls — reducing audit preparation from weeks to minutes.
HIPAA AWS Compliance Checklist
- 1Use HIPAA-eligible AWS services only (sign BAA with AWS)
- 2Encrypt PHI at rest (KMS) and in transit (TLS 1.2+)
- 3Enable CloudTrail for all PHI access and modifications
- 4Configure S3 with default encryption and access logging
- 5Implement IAM with PHI-specific access boundaries and MFA
- 6Enable CloudTrail across all regions for audit trail
- 7Implement IAM least-privilege and review policies quarterly
- 8Encrypt all S3 buckets and RDS instances with KMS
Key AWS Services for HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA FAQ
What is HIPAA compliance?▼
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — protecting protected health information (PHI). It defines security, privacy, or operational controls that organizations must implement. Pavora maps its AWS security findings directly to HIPAA controls for continuous compliance evidence.
How does Pavora help with HIPAA?▼
Pavora runs 500+ security checks across 204+ AWS services and maps each finding to HIPAA controls. This provides continuous compliance monitoring instead of point-in-time audits.
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