Are there HIPAA concerns associated with SeaWulf?

Processing HIPAA Data on SeaWulf

The Health Insurance Portbility And Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a legislation which provides security provisions and data privacy in order to keep patients’ medical information safe.

Presently, the SeaWulf cluster has NOT been approved for HIPAA data or any data associated with privacy or liability concerns. Consequently, use of this system to process ePHI or other data that falls under the purview of HIPAA and privacy guidelines is in violation of the act.