HIPAA Pen Testing & VAPT
Security Rule compliance pen testing for covered entities and business associates
Continuous HIPAA pen testing and VAPT across the ePHI data flow — Security Rule technical safeguards (45 CFR 164.312), administrative safeguards technical implementation (164.308), risk analysis input, HITRUST CSF-aligned evidence, and OCR-ready reporting for covered entities, business associates, and healthcare SaaS.
Four steps. One continuous pen testing loop.
ePHI Scope Discovery
Identify every system that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). HIPAA pen testing scope spans the full ePHI data flow — web apps, mobile apps, APIs, cloud storage, EHR integrations, and third-party processors covered by Business Associate Agreements.
Security Rule Pen Testing
AI-driven HIPAA pen testing executes against technical safeguards required by 45 CFR 164.312 — access control, audit controls, integrity, person-or-entity authentication, and transmission security — plus administrative safeguards that have technical implementation (164.308).
Risk Analysis Input
Findings integrate into the formal HIPAA risk analysis required by 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A). Every vulnerability is scored for likelihood, severity, and business impact — producing exactly the risk evidence HIPAA covered entities and business associates must document.
OCR & BAA Ready
Reports are formatted for OCR (HHS Office for Civil Rights) inquiries, business associate audits, and HITRUST CSF validated assessments. Covered entities and business associates receive deliverables suitable for Business Associate Agreement compliance evidence and OCR audit responses.
Key Features
Complete HIPAA Security Rule and HITRUST CSF pen testing coverage
164.312(a) Access Control
HIPAA pen testing of unique user identification, emergency access procedures, automatic logoff, and encryption/decryption controls across ePHI-handling systems
164.312(b) Audit Controls
Validation of hardware, software, and procedural mechanisms that record and examine activity in ePHI systems — pen testing exercises the audit-logging pipeline against real adversary behaviour
164.312(c) Integrity Controls
Testing of mechanisms that authenticate ePHI and ensure it has not been improperly altered or destroyed — including tamper detection and database-level integrity controls
164.312(d) Person-or-Entity Authentication
HIPAA pen testing of authentication controls including MFA implementation, password policies, biometric authentication, and SSO integrations
164.312(e) Transmission Security
TLS implementation, VPN configuration, email encryption, and ePHI-in-transit protection across cloud and third-party communications channels
164.308(a)(1) Risk Analysis
Technical vulnerability data feeding the formal HIPAA risk analysis required by 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) — with likelihood, severity, and business impact scoring
164.308(a)(8) Technical Evaluation
Continuous HIPAA VAPT satisfying the 'periodic technical and non-technical evaluation' requirement with timestamped evidence across the evaluation period
ePHI Data Flow Pen Testing
Validation of ePHI handling across web applications, mobile apps, APIs, cloud storage, EHR integrations, and third-party processors covered by Business Associate Agreements
Business Associate Pen Testing
Comprehensive VAPT of business associate systems and services — reports suitable for BAA compliance evidence, covered entity vendor security questionnaires, and HIPAA audit responses
Medical Device Security Testing
Specialised scope for medical device manufacturers and healthcare SaaS integrating with devices — covering the connected-device attack surface alongside standard web and API pen testing
Breach Simulation Scenarios
Controlled simulation of common ePHI breach scenarios — credential theft, insider threat, ransomware, phishing-driven account takeover — producing the pre-incident evidence breach-prevention programmes require
HITRUST CSF Mapping
Automatic mapping of HIPAA pen testing findings to HITRUST CSF domains and controls — accelerating HITRUST r2 validated assessment scoring and reducing duplicate testing
Benefits
Why teams choose TigerStrike for their security needs
Covered Entity & Business Associate Coverage
HIPAA pen testing scoped for both covered entities (health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, providers) and business associates (SaaS vendors, cloud services, IT contractors). Business associate pen testing produces the evidence covered entity customers require before signing or renewing a BAA.
Security Rule Technical Safeguards
Complete AI-driven pen testing coverage of 45 CFR 164.312 technical safeguards — access control (unique user identification, emergency access, automatic logoff, encryption/decryption), audit controls, integrity, authentication, and transmission security.
164.308(a)(8) Technical Evaluation
HIPAA 164.308(a)(8) requires 'periodic technical and non-technical evaluation' demonstrating that security policies and procedures meet Security Rule requirements. Continuous HIPAA VAPT produces exactly this technical evaluation evidence rather than a stale annual report.
HITRUST CSF-Aligned Pen Testing
Every HIPAA pen testing finding automatically maps to HITRUST CSF technical control requirements across all 19 domains. Organisations pursuing HITRUST r2 validated assessments use TigerStrike evidence to accelerate certification and improve control effectiveness scoring.
ePHI-Safe Pen Testing
HIPAA pen testing operates with ePHI-safe controls — read-only assessment modes, synthetic test data injection, redaction of any observed ePHI in reports, and BAA-covered handling of all assessment artefacts. Testing can be scoped to staging environments with production-equivalent data models.
Breach Prevention Evidence
Proactive identification and validated exploitation of vulnerabilities that could trigger reportable breaches under the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule. OCR has increasingly cited the absence of regular HIPAA pen testing as an aggravating factor in post-breach enforcement — continuous VAPT is the defensible evidence trail.
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