How Does KLEAP Help with Your HIPAA, HITRUST or SOC 2 Compliance in Healthcare?
In this blog, we compare HIPAA, SOC 2, and HITRUST, answer the sequencing and audit-prep questions healthcare startups ask us most, and explain how KLEAP scopes requirements, assesses vendor risk, and closes gaps through manual penetration testing before an audit or a procurement review.
5 Questions to Ask the SaaS Vendor Before Signing a Healthcare BAA
Most healthcare BAA gets signed at the bare legal minimum and filed away. This blog breaks down five diligence questions, covering data location, AI training use, termination, security proof, and breach notification speed, everything that turn a BAA from paperwork into enforced vendor accountability, before a breach forces the issue.
7 Major Security Breaches in Healthcare and The Learnings
From Change Healthcare to Kaiser, the costliest security breaches in healthcare almost always trace back to a few ordinary, preventable gaps. In this blog, we walk through seven defining cases and the lesson behind each, all from the perspective of a compliance expert.
The HIPAA Compliant Use of AI in Healthcare
Sixty-three percent of U.S. physicians now use AI, yet most healthcare organizations lack a formal approval process. HIPAA applies fully to the use of AI in healthcare, but the question is how. This blog covers what HIPAA compliant AI requires: BAAs, the minimum necessary standard, de-identification, EMR integration security, and more.
Manual Penetration Testing for Healthcare SOC 2 Type II
A clean SOC 2 Type II report attests your controls operated, but not that they actually stop an attacker. The gaps that leak PHI, like broken access control and business logic abuse, are exactly what automated scans miss. Here’s how manual penetration testing in SOC 2 finds those gaps and strengthens your healthcare SOC 2 evidence.
Prioritization Between HITRUST, HIPAA & SOC 2 For Healthcare Startups
Startups have to think about preparing for HIPAA, HITRUST, and SOC 2 together, not individually. This guide explains how the three frameworks overlap and diverge, what SOC 2 Type II requires, when HITRUST is worth it, and how to sequence them so that you don’t have to pull off triple the amount of work.
SOC 2 vs HIPAA For Healthcare: Overlaps and Best Practices
Healthcare teams often treat a SOC 2 report as proof of HIPAA compliance. It is not. One is a federal law, while the other is an attestation that your controls are working. The gap between them is where OCR enforcement happens. This guide gives you a definitive answer to the SOC 2 vs HIPAA debate and the best practices to attain both.
Why Manual Penetration Testing Supports Your ISO 27001 Compliance Program
An ISO 27001 compliance certificate tells how well you manage your information security. It does not tell you whether an attacker can get in. This blog breaks down how ISO 27001 penetration testing is relevant, what auditors actually expect, and why manual testing is non-negotiable for compliance evidence.
HIPAA Compliance Requirements for Digital Health Startups
Digital health startups are increasingly becoming integrated in healthcare. But the focus is more on the engineering side than on compliance. As a result, startups are facing data breaches that are becoming more costly. Whether your product is EHR, imaging, AI scribing, or wearables, this blog will guide you through HIPAA’s compliance requirements.
Business Associate Agreements for HIPAA Compliant AI in Healthcare
Hospitals are adopting AI faster than compliance can track. Apps like ambient scribes, diagnostic tools, and scheduling bots all touch PHI and are hence business associates. In such a scenario, BAA is a must have. And yet, just having a BAA won’t suffice anymore. In this blog, we talk about HIPAA compliant AI provisions to make a BAA meaningful