> On Jun 17, 2016, at 3:03 AM, Alex John <alex.j...@holmusk.com> wrote: > > Hello, I have a few questions regarding the use of PostgreSQL and HIPAA > compliance. I work for a company that plans on storing protected health > information (PHI) on our servers. We have looked at various solutions for > doing > so, and RDS is a prime candidate except for the fact that they have explicitly > stated that the Postgres engine is *not* HIPAA compliant.
There's nothing fundamental to postgresql that would make HIPAA compliance difficult, and *probably* nothing major with the way it's deployed on RDS. Actual certification takes time and money, though. > > Users on the IRC channel generally say that the guidelines are more catered > towards building better firewalls and a sane access policy, but I would like > to > know if there is anything within the implementation of Postgres itself that > violates said compliance. > > If anyone works at a similar company and utilizes postgresql to store PHI, > please let me know. EnterpriseDB are helping provide HIPAA compliant postgresql on AWS; it might be worth having a chat with them. http://www.enterprisedb.com/postgres-plus-edb-blog/fred-dalrymple/postgres-meets-hipaa-cloud http://www.slideshare.net/EnterpriseDB/achieving-hipaa-compliance-with-postgres-plus-cloud-database Cheers, Steve -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
