Healthcare IT is undergoing a massive shift in structure and compliance standards. Hospitals and clinics that have already implemented electronic medical record or electronic health record (EMR/EHR) systems are now contending with recent HIPAA logging requirements under the HITECH Act. Healthcare organizations that are still in the planning or implementation stages for EMR/EHR systems are now juggling that implementation with new compliance requirements and Meaningful Use guidelines.  And to be frank, are already way behind he curve.

A breach of Protected Health Information can result in serious financial consequences, loss of patient trust, and burdensome remediation efforts for your organization. Yet the regulatory and compliance requirements for the healthcare industry continue to expand rapidly and it can be difficult for even the best IT teams to keep up with the latest requirements and solutions for meeting those mandates.

Our Managed Security Services for Healthcare are designed to assist healthcare delivery organizations in meeting HIPAA standards, including those imposed under HITECH. If your organization also requires compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) Common Security Framework (CSF), Our Managed Security Services deliver essential capabilities for meeting those standards.

Whether based in our cloud or in your premises, our Managed Security Services provide a comprehensive, multilayered approach to network security that helps protect your systems and patient data while maintaining security compliance. Our Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings work together as a security best practice to reduce the risks associated with blended network attacks, as well as to coordinate security alerting, logging, reporting, compliance, and response activity.

Security Services to Address HIPAA Technical Safeguards

Our Security Services incorporate comprehensive Unified Threat Management (UTM) services that address many of the technical safeguards defined in the HIPAA rules. Our UTM services include Advanced Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Antivirus, Web Filtering, Anti-spam, Web Application Control, and Data Leak Prevention. All of our UTM services can be fully implemented in the cloud, on your premises, or in a hybrid configuration to provide defense-in-depth security.

Security and Process Monitoring Based on Best Practices

Healthcare organizations need to rigorously monitor the security of their networks and host systems from a regulatory perspective, and from the perspective of security best practices. Your team also needs to continuously identify and assess new IT threats and vulnerabilities to stay ahead of security risks.

We offer several managed solutions to support these efforts including Managed Logging with real-time log review, File Integrity Monitoring for servers and critical endpoints, and Vulnerability Scanning Services to evaluate the effectiveness of your existing security controls.

Additionally, we offer a portal-based Security Information Management platform that allows you to track remediation activities, correlate and report on suspicious activities, and produce audit reports to demonstrate due diligence for running an effective information security program.

A Cost Effective Solution for EMR Transition

Conversion to EMR/EHR systems means that many healthcare organizations do not have the expertise or resources to manage the new security concerns that go along with digitized records. And after making the associated large capital expenditure necessary to modernize IT systems and networks, it is important to control ongoing costs.

Our Managed Security Services help to address these security and cost concerns. Security for the EMR/EHR systems and network connections is managed around-the-clock by our network experts. And with a comprehensive, outsourced solution, you can easily plan for ongoing network security costs.

Our Suite of Managed Security Services Includes:

– Managed Firewall

Features deep packet inspection with up to 500 firewall policies that are configurable via our secure Web portal. This service also includes periodic and on-demand reporting.

– Intrusion Prevention

Detects multi-layered and blended attacks for both known and unknown threats. Powerful anomaly detection functions identify and stop zero-day threats. The MegaPath intrusion prevention solution supports all network types, including wireless with rogue access point detection.

– Anti-Malware/Anti-Virus

Comprehensive, real time, and network-based anti-virus, anti-malware, and anti-crimeware detection, with both signature-based and rules-based blocking of known and zero-day attacks.

– Web Filtering

Manage employee Internet access with Whitelist/Blacklist and policy-based content filtering to reduce bandwidth consumption and enforce Internet use policies in real-time.

– Anti-Spam

Automatically detects spam email and optionally tags or deletes it based on configurable policy rules before the messages can consume valuable bandwidth or email storage.

– Application Control

Provides granular, precise control of specific applications such as, instant messaging, chat, voice, or video on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, or X.

– Data Leak Prevention

In real-time, detects and prevents sensitive data from being transferred outside of the organization, including data such as credit card numbers or patient information.

– Managed Logging

Provides cloud-based log collection, as well as automated daily log review, correlation, alerting, reporting, and archiving. Real-time portal tools for log management enhance your security operations and compliance.

– Vulnerability Scanning

A self-service, on-demand vulnerability scanning portal identifies and remediates security vulnerabilities in real time. We also offer certified quarterly scans for PCI compliance.

– Security Information Management

Offers the portal-based workflow management and tracking necessary to demonstrate due diligence in meeting requirements for organizational security policies and compliance reporting.

– File Integrity Monitoring

Enables real-time monitoring of critical system or configuration files for unauthorized access or changes.

Healthcare Organization Benefits:

• Reduce Security and Compliance Costs

• Improve Network and Data Security

• Simplify Regulatory Compliance

• Access 24 / 7 / 365 Security and Network Expertise

• Gain Peace of Mind

• Receive One Monthly Bill

To learn more simply ask us at FreedomFire Communications.

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