HIPAA Compliance with Offline Secure Storage
Protect electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) by implementing physical safeguards that exceed HIPAA Security Rule requirements.
- Offline by default
- Identity locked access
- Hardware encrypted
$10.93M
Average healthcare data breach cost
725
Healthcare breaches reported in 2023
$2.1M
Average HIPAA fine
The HIPAA Security Challenge
Healthcare data breaches continue to rise, with the average cost of a healthcare breach now the highest of any industry. HIPAA demands robust physical, technical, and administrative safeguards.
This is a mapping, not a certification claim. Firevault holds Cyber Essentials Plus. Everything else on this page is stated as alignment: Offline Secure Storage® produces evidence you can point at in your own submission, assessment or audit.
HIPAA Security Rule Requirements
Each line below is something an assessor, regulator or underwriter can ask you to evidence.
Physical safeguards for ePHI
Access controls and audit controls
Transmission security
Data integrity and disposal procedures
Breach Consequences
What happens when the control is missing, and the record cannot be produced.
Patient Harm
Exposure of sensitive medical records
OCR Investigation
Mandatory investigation by HHS Office for Civil Rights
Public Disclosure
Breaches over 500 records publicly listed
Class Action Risk
Patient lawsuits and settlements
How OSS Supports HIPAA Compliance
Offline Secure Storage provides the strongest physical safeguard for ePHI by removing it entirely from network-accessible systems.
Physical Safeguards
ePHI stored offline meets the highest standard of physical protection
Access Controls
Identity-verified access ensures only authorised personnel can reach data
Encryption
Hardware encryption at rest exceeds HIPAA addressable requirements
Audit Controls
Complete access logs for every interaction with stored ePHI
Healthcare Data Protected
The records most often moved into Offline Secure Storage® for this framework.
Patient medical records
Clinical trial data
Insurance and billing information
Mental health records
Genetic and genomic data
Research and pharmaceutical data
Tell us which framework you are being tested against.
We will map Offline Secure Storage® to the outcomes your assessor is checking, and give you the wording and evidence to submit.
Takes about 2 minutes. No account needed.