We get many questions regarding MySQL databases and HIPAA website compliance. These range from confusion over the auditing of access to stored ePHI to what HIPAA’s data encryption requirements actually are to how HIPAA applies to MySQL databases. Next, we will attempt to address some of these subtle questions.
Our sales staff have been asked this question countless times. It is a natural assumption that because SSL and TLS encryption of email (and web sites) requires use of an “SSL certificate”, that one must buy an SSL certificate in order to use such a service. Fortunately, the answer is always You do not need to buy your […]
As of 2010, 91% of all law firms have 10 or fewer employees; 99.6% have less than 100 employees1. The smaller the firm, the less likely they are to have a strong IT department and are much more likely to be focused on case load rather than on current changes in the compliance landscape that […]
Email and other data are either being “transmitted” or “processed” or are “at rest.” I.e., it is moving from one computer to another, stored/at rest on a computer, or preparing to be transmitted or stored. While most types of compliance regulation, such as HIPAA, specifically require that data be transmitted securely, not all regulations require […]
Customer feedback is extremely important to LuxSci and we have listened once again. Customers faced with the need for HIPAA-compliant email now have the option to decide on a per-message basis which messages need encryption (e.g. contain Protected Health Information – PHI) and which do not. Routine non-PHI-laden correspondence no longer needs to be encrypted and users […]
