Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Solution

§ 164.312(e)(2)(i) Transmission security integrity controls (addressable)

Implement security measure to ensure that electronically transmitted EPHI is not improperly modified. Recommends the use of network communications protocols.

§ 164.312(e)(2)(ii) Encryption (addressable) Encrypt EPHI when transmitted over a communications network.

Check Point's remote access solutions, VPN-1 and Connectra, provide strong encryption for data during transmission over open networks using standards-based encryption protocols. VPN-1 supports SSL- and IPSec-encrypted communication protocols. Connectra supports SSL- and TLS-encrypted communication protocols. In addition, both products support the MD5 and SHA-1 protocols to ensure the integrity of secure transmissions involving cardholder data.

UTM-1 Edge, which provides Wi-Fi access as part of the solution, employs IPSec-over-WLAN encryption and enables the regular rotation of WEP keys. It supplements WEP, WPA, and WPA with inspection by Check Point's firewall, intrusion prevention, and antivirus technologies. Users who use IPSec over WLAN rather than WEP can be granted higher access rights, as well.

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