164.312(e)(1) Transmission Security (Standard)
Technical safeguard · Standard
The requirement as we hold it
Transmission Security (Standard). Implement technical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to ePHI transmitted over an electronic communications network. NIST recommends encrypted transport, secure email, and validated VPN.
The examiner asks
- Show me the measures that guard ePHI transmitted over a network.
- Which transmissions are encrypted, and which are not?
Evidence to bring
- the transmission security policy
- the transport inventory
Source: 164.312(e)(1) at eCFR. Our statement of the clause, not the instrument verbatim.