AWS Security for Healthcare (HIPAA)

HIPAA doesn't certify a cloud environment the way SOC 2 or ISO 27001 does, there's no HIPAA certificate to earn. What HIPAA requires is that covered entities and their business associates, which includes most cloud infrastructure and SaaS vendors handling PHI, implement the safeguards described in the HIPAA Security Rule and Privacy Rule, and can prove it under audit. AWS itself will sign a Business Associate Addendum (BAA) covering the specific AWS services designated as HIPAA-eligible, but signing a BAA doesn't make your architecture compliant on its own, the shared responsibility model still puts configuration squarely on you.

Real HIPAA-aligned AWS architecture means PHI encrypted at rest and in transit by default, access restricted to the specific roles that need it, audit logging that can actually answer "who accessed this patient record and when," and network segmentation that keeps PHI-handling workloads isolated from the rest of your environment. We implement these as real, verified controls, using only AWS's HIPAA-eligible services for anything that touches PHI, and build the audit trail your compliance team or auditor will actually need to see.

This isn't a one-time setup. HIPAA compliance drifts the same way any security posture does, a new S3 bucket without the right encryption default, a role that picked up broader access than it needed. We build continuous monitoring into the engagement so PHI-handling workloads stay compliant as your environment evolves, not just on the day of the review.