The only HIPAA Compliance guide you’ll ever need
How the HIPAA Security Rule maps to specific AWS configurations, written by the team that builds these environments for a living.
5
Sections of the HIPAA Security Rule
40+
AWS configurations
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HIPAA + AWS terms in the glossary
Skip the part where you piece HIPAA together from a hundred AWS docs.
Every HIPAA Security Rule citation gets matched to a specific AWS configuration that satisfies it. The patterns in the guide come from production accounts safeINIT runs today, not from a whitepaper read-through.
Every control, named
HIPAA citations matched to specific AWS configurations
Every safeguard from the Security Rule is paired with a specific AWS service and the exact setting that satisfies it. No paraphrasing the regulation. No vague 'consider using AWS Config' references. You can hand a page to an engineer and they can implement it.
Drawn from real deployments
Built from the HIPAA environments we run today
The AWS configurations in the guide are the ones safeINIT applies on production accounts holding ePHI today. They've been through audits. They're not architecture diagrams that look right on paper.
What auditors look for
Audit-ready artifacts, by AWS service
Encryption settings, access controls, retention policies, BAA scope. These are what take time to defend in a HIPAA assessment. Each one is paired with the AWS configuration that produces the artifact.
Want the 25-minute version first?
Cosmin and Ovidiu walk through the same material the guide covers: the BAA, the AWS shared-responsibility line, and the configurations that decide a HIPAA audit. The guide is the deeper reference; the talk is the fast pass.
Written by the team that builds HIPAA-eligible environments on AWS.
Cosmin Drimba
CEO, Co-Founder · safeINIT
Sets safeINIT's direction on secure, compliant cloud infrastructure for healthcare and other regulated industries. Direct point of contact on most HIPAA engagements.
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- SECURITY SPECIALTY
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Ovidiu Chelarus
Director, Sales and Marketing · safeINIT
Runs safeINIT's go-to-market: positioning, demand generation, partner programs, and the AWS funding that backs client projects.
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
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