HIPAA compliance and server setup

2009-01-13 Thread Dan Crouch
Does anyone have any knowledge of HIPAA compliance related to web and database server setup? Specifically, if I have one database server and one web server, does the database server need to be completely removed from the internet or can the firewall filter out everything but what I need to

Re: HIPAA compliance and server setup

2009-01-13 Thread Shannon Peevey
I would check out this link which should have the information that you are looking for: https://www2.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/hipaa/hipaacompliant_configuration_guidelines_for_information_security_in_a_medical_center_environment_891 speeves On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Dan Crouch

Re: HIPAA compliance and server setup

2009-01-13 Thread Judah McAuley
We set up our db server with two nics, one that only connects with the app server and one that doesn't have any external routing but is only reachable through a vpn for management. I consider that just good practice regardless of the information you are storing. HIPAA compliance is a nebulous

Re: HIPAA compliance and server setup

2009-01-13 Thread Dave Watts
Does anyone have any knowledge of HIPAA compliance related to web and database server setup? Specifically, if I have one database server and one web server, does the database server need to be completely removed from the internet or can the firewall filter out everything but what I need to