Security Safeguards
Technical Safeguards
HIPAA Security Rule technology controls such as access control, encryption, and audit logging.
Technical Safeguards are one of the three categories of protections required by the HIPAA Security Rule. They are the technology and related policies that protect ePHI and control access to it.
They include access control, audit controls, integrity controls, authentication, and encryption. They sit alongside Administrative and Physical Safeguards. For a worked example of how a web framework maps to these five controls, see our Symfony HIPAA compliant guide.