US HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA's Security Rule requires covered entities and business associates to protect electronic health information. Learn how ImmuniWeb helps you evaluate and test the applications that handle ePHI.
Conformité HIPAA
What Is the HIPAA Security Rule?
La règle de sécurité HIPAA exige des mesures de protection administratives, physiques et techniques pour garantir la confidentialité, l'intégrité et la disponibilité des ePHI. Au cœur de cette règle se trouve une analyse des risques: identifier les risques et les vulnérabilités affectant les ePHI et mettre en œuvre des mesures pour les réduire à un niveau raisonnable.
It applies to covered entities (health plans, health care clearinghouses and most health care providers) and to business associates and their subcontractors that handle ePHI on their behalf. The Privacy Rule and Breach Notification Rule sit alongside the Security Rule.
See how ImmuniWeb helps you evaluate and test the apps that handle ePHI - supporting your HIPAA risk analysis and security evaluation. Request a demo· or run a free Community Edition test.
Who Must Comply with HIPAA?
HIPAA's Security Rule applies to:
- Covered entities - - health plans, health care clearinghouses and most health care providers.
- Business associates qui créent, reçoivent, conservent ou transmettent des ePHI pour le compte d’une covered entity.
- Subcontractors of business associates that handle ePHI.
Any of these running web and mobile applications that handle ePHI must assess and test those applications.
Key HIPAA Requirements for Application Security
Several Security Rule provisions drive application-security work:
- 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) - Risk analysis: conduct an accurate and thorough assessment of risks and vulnerabilities to ePHI.
- 164.308(a)(8) - Evaluation: perform periodic technical and non-technical evaluation of how well security controls meet the Rule.
- 164.312 - Technical safeguards: access control, audit controls, integrity, and transmission security (including encryption) for ePHI.
HIPAA Security Requirements in Depth
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The Security Rule's risk analysis and periodic evaluation requirements are met in practice through penetration testing and vulnerability scanning of the systems and applications that store or transmit ePHI. Risk-analysis failures are the most frequently cited issue in OCR enforcement, which makes demonstrable, regular testing especially valuable.
Technical Safeguards
Section 164.312 requires access control, audit controls, integrity protection and transmission security for ePHI. Testing web and mobile applications verifies that these safeguards actually hold against real-world attacks.
Proposition de mise à jour de la Règle de sécurité 2025
A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (90 FR 800, published 6 January 2025) would significantly strengthen the Security Rule - including explicit requirements for vulnerability scanning at least every six months and penetration testing at least every 12 months, plus mandatory encryption, MFA and network segmentation. As of mid-2026 this remains proposed: OCR has not issued a final rule, and it could be finalized, modified, delayed or withdrawn. The current Security Rule remains in effect, but organizations that already perform regular testing are well positioned for the update.
Risques courants des applications Web et mobiles à remédier
Healthcare applications are a prime target for attackers. The vulnerabilities to test for map closely to the OWASP Top 10:
- Contrôle d'accès cassé — des utilisateurs accédant à des données ou actions interdites.
- Échecs cryptographiques — chiffrement faible ou absent exposant des données sensibles.
- Injection — Injection SQL, de commande ou autre via des entrées non validées.
- Insecure Design — contrôles de sécurité manquants par conception, pas seulement à cause d'un bug.
- Mauvaise configuration de sécurité — configuration par défaut, incomplète ou non sécurisée.
- Vulnerable & Outdated Components — unpatched libraries and frameworks.
- Identification & Authentication Failures — weak login, session or credential handling.
- Software & Data Integrity Failures —untrusted updates, insecure CI/CD pipelines.
- Échecs de journalisation et de surveillance de la sécurité — les attaques passent inaperçues.
- Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) —the server tricked into making malicious requests.
For mobile apps, the OWASP Mobile Top 10 is the equivalent reference (insecure data storage, insecure communication, weak cryptography, and so on). Reliably finding these issues requires testing the running application, not just a documentation review.
How to Approach HIPAA Application Security with ImmuniWeb
- Inventory ePHI systems. Map internet-facing apps and assets that handle ePHI with ImmuniWeb Discovery.
- Support your risk analysis by testing web apps with On-Demand and Neuron.
- Testez les applications mobiles de santé avec MobileSuite et Neuron Mobile.
- Remediate and retest with clear, zero-false-positive reports as evaluation evidence.
- Test continuouslywith Continuous - and be ready for the proposed scanning/pentest cadence.
- Surveillez les expositions avec Discovery, y compris la surveillance du Dark Web pour les fuites de données de santé.
Comment ImmuniWeb vous aide à vous conformer à HIPAA
ImmuniWeb supports the HIPAA Security Rule's risk-analysis and evaluation requirements with testing that produces clear, audit-ready evidence.
| Exigence | Ce que cela nécessite | Produits ImmuniWeb |
|---|---|---|
| Analyse / évaluation des risques | Assess and periodically evaluate risks to ePHI. | On-Demand, Neuron, Continuous |
| Technical safeguards | Verify access control, integrity and transmission security. | On-Demand, Neuron, MobileSuite, Neuron Mobile |
| Exposition | Detect exposed assets and leaked health data. | Discovery (ASM / Dark Web) |
ImmuniWeb On-Demand delivers manual web application penetration testing; MobileSuite covers mobile health apps; Neuron and Neuron Mobile provide automated scanning; Continuous embeds testing into CI/CD; and Discovery maps your attack surface and monitors the dark web for leaked ePHI.
HIPAA vs International Frameworks
Si vous respectez déjà des normes internationales, les mêmes tests ImmuniWeb les couvrent toutes:
| Framework | Perspective sécurité des applications | Comment ImmuniWeb s'aligne |
|---|---|---|
| HIPAA Security Rule | Risk analysis, evaluation, technical safeguards | Web/mobile pentest, scanning, ASM |
| HITRUST CSF | Prescriptive healthcare control set | Tests comme preuve de contrôle |
| NIST SP 800-53 | Security & privacy controls | Tests et surveillance des applications |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Annexe A: contrôles techniques | Tests comme preuve de contrôle |
Tests d'intrusion vs scans de sécurité
Les deux sont nécessaires. Le scan automatisé (DAST) offre une couverture large et fréquente et est idéal pour les tests continus dans le CI/CD ; le penetration testing manuel trouve les vulnérabilités de logique métier et complexes que les scanners manquent et produit la profondeur attendue par les auditeurs et les régulateurs. Combinez le scanning continu avec du penetration testing manuel périodique, et re-testez après des changements significatifs.
Liste de contrôle de conformité (Sécurité des applications)
- Inventory of internet-facing apps and assets handling ePHI
- Risk analysis covering application vulnerabilities
- Applications web testées contre le Top 10 OWASP
- Mobile health apps tested against the OWASP Mobile Top 10
- Periodic security evaluation evidenced (164.308(a)(8))
- Findings remediated and re-tested; documentation retained
- Readiness for proposed scanning/pentest cadence
Why HIPAA Compliance Matters
OCR can impose tiered civil monetary penalties for Security Rule violations, with significant annual caps, and serious cases can carry criminal penalties. A breach of ePHI also triggers breach-notification duties and reputational harm.
Healthcare is one of the most heavily targeted sectors for ransomware and data theft, and risk-analysis failures dominate OCR enforcement - so demonstrable, regular application testing is both a compliance and a risk-reduction priority.