Is your (PHI) patient data secured? Are you in compliance with all HIPAA Regulations? The only real way to know is to preform extensive system penetration testing. Penetration testing of both internal and external systems is an extremely important step towards compliance and it serves as a valuable tool. Standard testing includes real world hacking techniques, the results of which can help an organization understand and address system vulnerabilities before a security breach occurs.
Testing often reveals actual, exploitable security threats. Identifying these issues early will allow you to safely identify which vulnerabilities are critical, which are insignificant, and which are false positives. Make informed decisions about the real risks to your network and assists you in prioritizing remediation efforts.
HIPAA IT security compliance regulations and guidelines require an organization to conduct independent testing of the Information Security Program, to identify vulnerabilities that could result in unauthorized disclosure, misuse, alteration, or destruction of confidential information.
Best Practices recommend that each organization perform an Internal and external Penetration Tests in addition to regular Security Assessments in order to ensure the security of their internal & external networks.