Using Likewise Enterprise to Comply with HIPAA

Authentication, Group Policy, Audit and Reporting

Likewise Enterprise can help you reach a high level of compliance with HIPAA

All HIPAA-covered entities must comply with HIPAA's security rule. Covered entities include the following:

• Covered health care providers
• Health plans
• Health care clearinghouses
• Medicare prescription drug card sponsors

Multi-platform identity management systems can lead to a weak security system. HIPAA requires that all users have a unique user account, that employee passwords and accounts be removed when employees are no longer authorized to review patient data, and that users have access to information only on a need-to-know basis.

If you have a multi-platform identity management system, you are probably struggling to meet these requirements because you do not have a way of controlling your users' access to patient data. Not only this, but your IT resources are probably in constant motion because they are trying to remove passwords and user accounts on multiple platforms while trying to create password and user accounts -- a recipe for disaster.

Likewise Enterprise can help you achieve the security you are required to have. Likewise Enterprise integrates the components of your mixed network -- Mac, Linux, and Unix computers -- with Microsoft Active Directory, centralizing your identity management systems so that you can:

• Control user access to patient data
• Apply group policies to manage password policies and sudo access
• Create detailed reports for auditing
• Log password attempts for each user account
• Generate reports that identify disabled accounts and then delete the account from Active Directory

There are many more features of Likewise Enterprise that can help you comply with HIPAA's technology security rules. To find out more, read the following white paper:

Using Likewise Enterprise to Comply with HIPAA whitepaper

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