COGNIZANT AWS CLOUD SERVICES HIPAA-COMPLIANT CLOUD SOLUTIONS
GAIN HIPAA-COMPLIANT CLOUD SOLUTIONS WITH COGNIZANT AND AWS
AT A GLANCE
Healthcare organizations are under
pressure to adopt cloud to deliver
better care at lower costs with greater
flexibility, scalability and reach.
However, given the mandate to
protect patient health information
with a robust value-chain process
while reducing the cost and enhancing
business outcome at the same time
can become a complex challenge to
healthcare industry while adopting
cloud.
With Cognizant, healthcare
organizations can now adopt powerful
cloud solutions to reach these goals
while enhancing their security and
compliance.
Cognizant offers a fully managed
HIPAA-compliant cloud solution
hosted on AWS’ highly scalable,
secure and readily available
architecture.
HIPAA-COMPLIANT CLOUD SERVICES
HIPAA-compliant Cloud solution uses all of AWS HIPAA-eligible
services along with few supporting services included in the AWS global
infrastructure. Leveraging Cognizant’s HIPAA cloud blueprint, this
agile platform enables clients to accelerate their business agenda by
rapidly developing and deploying their mission-critical applications in
a compliant environment.
Cognizant’s HIPAA-compliant cloud ensures the security,
confidentiality and compliance of patient information and maintains
the privacy of health insurance information even between job
changes. Well-defined uniform and stringent security standards are
maintained for electronic transmission of administrative and financial
data specific to patient health information.
KEY PLATFORM COMPONENTS
• Compute and Storage: Amazon EC2 instances with data kept in
encrypted Amazon EBS volumes
• Elastic Load Balancer: Secure using HTTPS-based or TCP/
SSL-based end-to-end communication
• Web Tier: Traffic from external world is secured through public
Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) using https and external certificate is
signed by CA
• App Tier: Placed behind ELB with only https listener and SSL
Powered by Cognizant Cloud Steps Transformation Framework
certificates to keep the communication channel
encrypted completely
• DB Tier: Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) used
with MySQL provides communication with DB instance
over SSL channel and Oracle-native network encryption
• Backup: Both client and server side encryption for PHI
using the Amazon S3 service
• Monitoring and Logging: Built-in AWS tools and partner-
developed solutions for extensive analysis of logs,
reporting and alerts
• Security Tools and Frameworks: Industry-proven partner tools leveraged by Cognizant’s security
framework, tightly integrated with the blueprint
• Auditing and Certification: Audited and certified by
leading third party security experts of the client’s choice
• Fully Managed: Industry-proven, best-in-class cloud
management and orchestration platform powered by
Cognizant’s Cloud360 solution
BENEFITS AT A GLANCE
• Cognizant’s Blueprint, Tools and Assets: Rapid
implementation with highly automated Cognizant
Cloud Steps framework and HIPAA cloud blueprint
for quick time to market
• Privacy Protection: A privacy-protected platform
that leverages robust key management and
encryption services, including ways to detect and
prevent accidental and intentional misuse of PHI
• Expert Assurance: Get certified by independent
HIPAA specialists as an optional service
• Retain Control on PHI: HIPAA rules enable checks
on covered entities and allow patients to control the
access and usage of their personal information
• Business Tenacity: Safeguard and protect health
information without affecting business cycles
THREE SAFEGUARDS BY HIPAA-COMPLIANT AWS
CLOUD*
*As defined in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
APPROACH TO ACHIEVE A HIPAA-COMPLIANT
CLOUD
COGNIZANT’S AWS EXPERTISE*
• 1500+ Trained AWS practitioners
• 900+ Certified AWS professionals
• 180+ Clients transformed to AWS
• 40+ Transformation blueprints
CASE STUDY
Rapid implementation of HIPAA cloud for a U.S. based Healthcare exchange
Cognizant provided end-to-end cloud architecture and
solution design for a U.S. based Healthcare exchange in
three months based on HIPAA requirements and security
measures thus ensuring compliance and adherence to
statutory and regulatory requirements.
Physical Safeguards
Facility access controls - Visitor logging and
video surveillance
Workstation security and controls
Device and media controls
Dual-factor authentication
Physical Safeguards
Sign Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with all
partners
Bring all Managed Services Providers (MSP) under
data security
Processes and procedures
Data leak prevention system
Implementation of yearly review of changes
Technical Safeguards
Access control with unique ID and Password
Multi-factor authentication
Encryption
Comprehensive backup and disaster recovery
plan
Secured transmission
*As of June 2017
Amazon EC2 Amazon RDS*
Amazon EMR AWS Snowball
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon EBS
Elastic Load Balancing
Amazon Redshift
Amazon S3
Amazon Glacier
Amazon API GatewayAWS Direct Connect
AWS DMSAmazon Aurora
Amazon VPCAmazon Cloudfront
AWS ShieldAWS WAF
AWS
*Selected databases only
AmazonCloudWatch
AWSCloudTrail
AWSCloud
FormaltionAWS
ConfigAWSKMS
AWSIAM
+IPs and Assets
Blueprints
Pre-packaged apps, Commercial
Off-The-Shelf (COTS) apps, Custom apps
etc.
Accelerators
Build factory, Application migration
factory, Partner tools
Cloud governance, Application migration
foundry, Cloud management fabric,
SLAs, Monitoring & billing, Integration
with on-premise resources
Transformation Services
Cloud Steps Transformational Framework
Managed Services
CLOUDPAYBACKS
TIME TOMARKET
COMPLIANCE
DIGITALBUSINESSAGENDA
ACCELERATE YOUR BUSINESS WITH AWS - COGNIZANT PARTNERSHIP Cognizant is a Premier Consulting Partner for AWS. Choose Cognizant and AWS to gain industry leading partners with proven solutions. We will blend our system integration capabilities, accelerators, frameworks, and toolkits with our advisory, implementa-tion and managed services along with best-in-class AWS cloud computing technologies and services to deliver a reliable, flexible cloud infrastructure that will drive business acceleration and transform your organization.
For more information about how your healthcare organization can benefit from the speed, agility and flexibility of cloud solutions while still maintaining and even enhancing HIPAA compliance, contact [email protected]
VALUE PROPOSITION OF AWS SERVICES AND COGNIZANT SERVICES
*Services list as of June 2017
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