New HIPAA Encryption Requirements Are Coming…Are You Ready?
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The proposed HIPAA Security Rule update is shifting encryption from an 'addressable' safeguard to a mandatory baseline for protecting electronic protected health information (ePHI). Organizations have roughly 180 days after final rule publication to comply. Encryption alone is insufficient — regulators expect proof through key lifecycle management, activity monitoring, tamper-resistant audit logging, and centralized policy enforcement. The post outlines distinct implications for CISOs/executives (risk, liability, board accountability) versus compliance practitioners (control mapping, audit evidence, gap remediation), and provides practical steps including ePHI discovery, encryption validation, key management documentation, and logging coverage verification. Thales CipherTrust Data Security Platform is promoted as a solution.
