 Regulatory Compliance
Our remote backup software can help you to establish a company wide IT plan that will meet the stringent requirements of the regulations listed below. The adoption of a sound remote backup strategy is a good idea and should be implemented regardless of regulatory compliance. Since our remote backup software uses the most secure form of data encryption available, it meets the requirements set forth in the privacy laws outlined below. As long as your organization is following the requirements you can be sure that storing your data on our servers will satisfy the privacy requirements of these regulations.
At the present time there is no "HIPAA Compliance" certification that has been issued for remote backup software or services to the best of our knowledge. If you visit a remote backup and see that they claim to be HIPPA compliant, that simply isn't the case. In doing our research, no backup software is truly "HIPAA compliant," because there are no regulations that specifically address the backup software/services industry or the privacy software industry. However, since our remote backup software uses the most secure form of data encryption available, it does meet the requirements set forth in the privacy laws outlined below.
Regulation Overview
Listed below is a brief summary of each regulation:
HIPAA
Sarbanes-Oxley
Gramm-Leach Bliley
HIPAA
The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which
protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information,
and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Act, which
protects identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety
events and improve patient safety. Since our software uses 256bit AES data encryption and compression before being transmitted it would meet the HIPPA compliance standards for data privacy.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act and commonly called Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbox or SOX, is a federal law enacted in response to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals. It is likely that this act will be expanded to further in the coming years due to the current state of the economy. We would be happy to consult with your accountants and attorneys to develop an off-site remote backup strategy that will help you meet this complex regulation.
Gramm-Leach Bliley ActUnder the GLBA, financial institutions must provide their clients a privacy notice that explains what information the company gathers about the client, where this information is shared, and how the company safeguards that information. The Safeguards Rule requires financial institutions to develop a written information security plan that describes how the company is prepared for, and plans to continue to protect clients’ nonpublic personal information. We would be happy to consult with your accountants and attorneys to develop an off-site remote backup strategy that will help you meet this complex regulation.
Do Your Research First
Don't take someone's word that a service they offer is compliant with a regulation that directly affects your business. Take the time to research this subject and look to your own legal and financial advisers to evaluate the claims of any remote backup business that claims to be compliant. Its your business and the last thing you want to do is put it at risk without doing your own research first.
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