Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Solution

Implementation: § 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(D)

HIPAA Standard	Check Point Solution
Administrative Safeguards HIPAA Security Rule 164.308
§ 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(D) Password Management (addressable) Implement procedures for creating, changing, and safeguarding passwords.	Check Point products, for example VPN-1, force customers to change the default password during the initial installation. It additionally checks to ensure that “weak” passwords are not allowed, thwarting hackers with access to common information. Through centralized management and administration, VPN-1 solutions allow enterprises to mandate passwords, keys, and other settings and propagate these settings down to the remote devices deployed across the organization, e.g., in distributed sales offices. Check Point VARs, SIs, and business partners can provide consulting services to help implement Check Point solutions in an organization's architecture to ensure these security checks are applied in the relevant sections of the network as required to achieve the goals of this requirement.

HIPAA Standard

Check Point Solution

Administrative Safeguards HIPAA Security Rule 164.308

§ 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(D) Password Management (addressable)

Implement procedures for creating, changing, and safeguarding passwords.

Check Point products, for example VPN-1, force customers to change the default password during the initial installation. It additionally checks to ensure that “weak” passwords are not allowed, thwarting hackers with access to common information.

Through centralized management and administration, VPN-1 solutions allow enterprises to mandate passwords, keys, and other settings and propagate these settings down to the remote devices deployed across the organization, e.g., in distributed sales offices.

Check Point VARs, SIs, and business partners can provide consulting services to help implement Check Point solutions in an organization's architecture to ensure these security checks are applied in the relevant sections of the network as required to achieve the goals of this requirement.

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