HIPAA Malware Protection Policy Template

Protecting your business and its sensitive data is one of the most important responsibilities as a business owner. Make sure that you have safeguards in place to keep outside threats such as malware out of your system with a HIPAA Malware Protection Policy Template. This template will help you create a straightforward plan to ensure that your system is secure from viruses, ransomware, and other malicious software.

Organizations that want to protect their data are often unaware of the implications of not having a strong malware protection policy in place. Without clear guidelines for recognizing threats and responding appropriately, activity can go undetected until it's too late. The HIPAA Malware Protection Policy Template helps businesses stay one step ahead by detailing essential procedures for identifying and protecting against potential malicious software attacks.

SAMPLE TEXT: ENTITY NAME has adopted this Malware Protection Policy in order to recognize the requirement to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (“HITECH”) Act of 2009 (Title XIII of division A and Title IV of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act “ARRA”) and the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule (Effective Date: March 26, 2013). We acknowledge that full compliance with the HIPAA Final Rule is required by or before September 23, 2013.

ENTITY NAME hereby acknowledges our duty and responsibility to protect the privacy and security of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“IIHI”) generally, and Protected Health Information (“PHI”) as defined in the HIPAA Regulations, under the regulations implementing HIPAA, other federal and state laws protecting the confidentiality of personal information, and under principles of general and professional ethics. We also acknowledge our duty and responsibility to support and facilitate the timely and unimpeded flow of health information for lawful and appropriate purposes.

Each of our HIPAA templates are in Microsoft Word (.docx) format for easy editing. Each template is guaranteed to be fully HIPAA & HITECH compliant when properly implemented.