Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Cloud Email Encryption Solves HIPAA Compliance Needs

HIPAA Compliant Email Solution By MostHost
HIPAA Compliant Email Solutions Can Solve Your Problem
Cloud email is a surefire way for companies to ensure their email is HIPAA compliant.  HIPAA rules indicate that PII being sent through email must be encrypted.  Encrypting email is the only sure-fire way to ensure that the email doesn't end up being seen by the wrong people.  Only those with an encryption key can unlock and view the message.  In conjunction with your internal HIPAA policies, a rules-based HIPAA email solution can help you gain compliance and avoid the big fines being levied against companies who are still playing fast and loose with email.

Gaining email compliance generally involves you setting up automatic enforcement of email rules so that you have specific control over who gets what.  You also want a detailed audit trail so you can prove compliance.  It's almost always a good idea to archive email, because having a record of every email ever sent can come in very handy.  That way if a dispute ever occurs about Protected Health Information, you can prove that the email was encrypted.  Using powerful email encryption any organization can tightly control their inbound and outbound email policies.  In fact, you can revoke an encrypted package if you ever need to.  This can come in very handy for any organization that fires and employee who still has sensitive data in their inbox.

You can't afford to ignore this problem.  Email is not secure without encryption.  The responsibility lies with you to secure your emails before sending them.  At MostHost, our job is to simplify this process for you.  Feel free to call us at 1-877-270-7753 if you would like a quote or more information on how our solution can help you.

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