CIPA, HIPPA Compliance
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Do pfSense appliances provide CIPA, HIPPA compliance? Thank you.
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With my layman's understanding, CIPA and HIPPA just mean you can't share data. No firewall can stop people from sharing data. It's a business policy, not a technology thing. PFSense can help you enforce HIPPA by limiting how data moves in and out of a network, but there is no "check this box and be HIPPA compliant".
Kind of like asking, "Is this desk HIPPA compliant". The desk is just a tool, but some tools may make certain aspects of enforcement easier.
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PFSense can help you enforce HIPPA by limiting how data moves in and out of a network, but there is no "check this box and be HIPPA compliant".
That's certainly common sense, but that doesn't stop Cisco from marketing 'solutions' to the segment: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Compliance/HIPAA/default.html
But I doubt even cisco would label a firewall, router or switch 'HIPPA' compliant.
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I had a quick glance at the HIPAA Security Rule and basically they want you to have a properly-configured firewall to protect electronic patient health info. The end.
