HIPAA Compliant File Encryption Security Software

The most effictive File Encryption Security Server Software solutions provide the following features:

Data Protection and Encryption that protects your intellectual property and all files transferred over the Internet using secure protocols including FTPS (SSL/TLS), SFTP (SSH2), and HTTP/S (SSL).

Delivery and Data Integrity features extending the standard FTP protocol with strong reliability features, including post transmission integrity verification, mid-file recovery, and automatic restart.

Tracking and Auditing features including industry standard logging (W3C, NCSA, Microsoft IIS Extended), e-mail notification of completed transactions, and digital certificates for proof of identity.

User Account life cycle management services that help you quickly and efficiently manage users, temporary accounts, and expired or compromised public-keys or certificates.

Full support for password, public-key, or one-time-password authentication. User profiles can be managed internally or externally through NTLM, Active Directory (AD), or ODBC data sources.

Look for strong user and group management features including system resources bandwidth monitoring, folder access, file types, and more using granular or Site-wide controls provided for user and group management. Real-time monitoring and on-the-spot disconnection of users. Specify SSL ciphers and version levels providing administrators the ability to specify symmetric key cipher(s) and the ordering of those ciphers for establishing SSL sessions. Validate inbound SSL sessions and allows or denies connections based on specified or approved ciphers.

Video Encryption Requirements

The big question – What are the specific HIPAA requirements for securing or encrypting video conferencing communication? Wherever healthcare and technology overlap the privacy and security of electronic transactions are governed by the Health Care & Portability Act. The use of video conferencing technology in health care is common practice today. Telemedine and Telehealth are used all over the country but specific HIPAA guidelines for encrypting video conferencing communications do not exist. My interpretation of the HIPAA rules as they apply to video conferencing are simply to treat the video conference connection like any other PHI data stream. All the major VC players seem to be using 128 bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). A 128bit encryption key is the minimum key size you can use for secure video communication and still maintain compliance.


Data communications are generally secured using 256 AES. The smaller 128 bit video encryption key algorithm is probably better suited for real-time video communications.

Some popular choices often used in secure unified communication systems are:
LifeSize Video Conferencing Products
Polycom Video Conferencing Products
Vidyo Video Conferencing Products