Personam maps directly or indirectly to HIPAA Security Rule technical safeguards, detailed below.
Direct monitoring: Workstations must be identified and used for only intended purposes. Personam profiles each monitored workstation and flags activity outside its established behavioral pattern.
Direct monitoring: Audit controls must record and examine user activity for anomalies. Personam provides continuous behavioral audit with automatic anomaly flagging.
Direct monitoring: Unique user identification is required, Personam detects when shared credentials deviate from established individual behavior patterns.
Direct monitoring: Emergency access procedures must be tracked. Personam flags out-of-hours or out-of-scope access as it crosses the sensor.
Direct monitoring: Automatic logoff and session monitoring. Personam detects session anomalies and unusual authentication sequences.
Direct monitoring: Transmission security, Personam monitors east-west metadata for unusual data movement and exfiltration patterns.
Direct monitoring: Person or entity authentication. Personam identifies behavioral divergence even when credentials are valid.
Direct monitoring: Access control, Personam detects access to ePHI by entities outside their normal behavioral scope.
Supporting evidence: Contingency plan testing, Personam's behavioral baselines support incident scoping and recovery evidence.
| Requirement | How Personam Addresses It | How Personam Helps |
|---|---|---|
| §164.310(b) Workstation Use | Identifies devices operating outside intended purpose by detecting behavioral deviation from established workstation patterns. | Direct monitoring |
| §164.312(b) Audit Controls | Provides continuous behavioral audit trail with automatic anomaly escalation, no manual log review required. | Direct monitoring |
| §164.312(a)(2)(i) Unique User ID | Detects shared credential abuse by tracking individual behavioral fingerprints, not just login events. | Direct monitoring |
| §164.312(a)(2)(ii) Emergency Access | Flags out-of-hours and out-of-scope access patterns as they cross the sensor, including emergency access procedures. | Direct monitoring |
| §164.312(a)(2)(iii) Automatic Logoff | Detects unusual session persistence and authentication sequences inconsistent with normal patterns. | Direct monitoring |
| §164.312(e)(1) Transmission Security | Monitors east-west network metadata for unusual data movement and exfiltration behavior. | Direct monitoring |
| §164.312(d) Person Authentication | Identifies behavioral divergence even when the credential presented is valid and authorized. | Direct monitoring |
| §164.312(a)(1) Access Control | Detects ePHI access by entities operating outside their historical behavioral scope. | Direct monitoring |
| §164.308(a)(7) Contingency Plan | Behavioral baselines support incident scoping, evidence gathering, and recovery documentation. | Supporting evidence |
Personam addresses the monitoring and detection requirements within this framework. Full compliance requires controls beyond any detection platform.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
Personam also addresses HITECH requirements, which extended HIPAA enforcement and breach notification rules. HITECH strengthened penalties for HIPAA violations, mandated breach notification to affected individuals and HHS, and expanded the obligations of business associates. Because Personam continuously monitors for unauthorized access to ePHI, including by insiders and compromised credentials, it directly supports both the breach detection requirements under HITECH and the underlying HIPAA Security Rule controls that HITECH enforces.
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