HIPAA Penetration Testing
Security testing for healthcare compliance
What this engagement covers
The service
HIPAA requires covered entities and business associates to perform regular security risk assessments and technical evaluations. Our HIPAA penetration testing validates your safeguards for electronic protected health information (ePHI) and delivers documentation that satisfies OCR audit requirements.
What we test
We assess all systems that store, process, or transmit ePHI including EHR systems, patient portals, telehealth platforms, medical device networks, cloud infrastructure, and third-party integrations. Testing covers the HIPAA Security Rule's administrative, physical, and technical safeguards.
Scoping & Assessment Depth
Black Box Assessment
Zero-KnowledgeSimulates an external adversary targeting HIPAA Penetration Testing with no internal credentials, source code, or architecture documentation. Assesses perimeter exposure, unauthenticated attack paths, and edge resilience.
Gray Box Assessment (Recommended)
CredentialedSimulates an authenticated user, tenant, or insider threat within HIPAA Penetration Testing. We evaluate role segregation, authorization boundaries, privilege escalation, and business logic flaws across user tiers.
White Box / Source-Assisted
Full-KnowledgeConducted with direct access to architecture schematics, configuration files, and API/code documentation. Eliminates blind spots and provides exhaustive coverage of security mechanisms governing HIPAA Penetration Testing.
Attack Surface & Vulnerability Vectors
Unencrypted ePHI in Transit or at Rest
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Unencrypted ePHI in Transit or at Rest across your HIPAA Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Excessive User Privileges to Patient Data
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Excessive User Privileges to Patient Data across your HIPAA Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Missing Audit Logging on ePHI Access
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Missing Audit Logging on ePHI Access across your HIPAA Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Weak Authentication on Patient Portals
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Weak Authentication on Patient Portals across your HIPAA Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Insecure Third-Party Integrations
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Insecure Third-Party Integrations across your HIPAA Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Missing Network Segmentation for ePHI Systems
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Missing Network Segmentation for ePHI Systems across your HIPAA Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
How we run it
Our methodology maps directly to HIPAA Security Rule requirements (45 CFR Part 164). We test access controls, audit controls, integrity controls, transmission security, and authentication mechanisms. Every finding is mapped to specific HIPAA provisions and includes remediation guidance that satisfies compliance requirements.
ePHI scope identification and data flow mapping
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting ephi scope identification and data flow mapping across your hipaa penetration testing deployment.
Access control testing (§164.312(a))
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting access control testing (§164.312(a)) across your hipaa penetration testing deployment.
Audit control validation (§164.312(b))
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting audit control validation (§164.312(b)) across your hipaa penetration testing deployment.
Integrity control testing (§164.312(c))
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting integrity control testing (§164.312(c)) across your hipaa penetration testing deployment.
Transmission security assessment (§164.312(e))
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting transmission security assessment (§164.312(e)) across your hipaa penetration testing deployment.
Authentication mechanism testing (§164.312(d))
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting authentication mechanism testing (§164.312(d)) across your hipaa penetration testing deployment.
Physical safeguard validation
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting physical safeguard validation across your hipaa penetration testing deployment.
Business associate integration testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting business associate integration testing across your hipaa penetration testing deployment.
What you receive
Findings land in your tracker as you go, not only in a PDF at the end. Retest is in scope, not a change order.
- HIPAA-aligned penetration testing report
- Security Rule gap analysis
- ePHI data flow assessment
- Risk register mapped to HIPAA provisions
- OCR audit-ready documentation
- Remediation priority roadmap
- Business associate risk assessment
- Retest validation report
What we usually find
The issues this engagement surfaces most often. Yours will differ, but this is the shape of it.
Who this is for
Auditor-Ready Compliance Crosswalk
| Framework | Control Section | Testing Evidence & Report Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| NIST Cybersecurity Framework | PR.AC, DE.CM, RS.AN | Technical testing verifying access controls, anomaly detection efficacy, and incident response mitigation capabilities. |
Findings are mapped to HIPAA Security Rule, HITECH Act, NIST 800-66, NIST CSF, so the report drops into an audit package rather than needing to be translated first. If you need the readiness work behind one of those, that is a separate engagement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Direct answers on scoping, methodology, compliance validation, and deliverables.
Our HIPAA Penetration Testing service combines deep manual testing with automated verification. We cover: HIPAA-aligned penetration testing report, Security Rule gap analysis, ePHI data flow assessment, Risk register mapped to HIPAA provisions, OCR audit-ready documentation. Every engagement includes reproducible proof-of-concept exploits, developer-ready remediation guidance, and a free retest.
Yes. Findings are directly mapped to HIPAA Security Rule, HITECH Act, NIST 800-66, NIST CSF control requirements. The resulting report is auditor-ready and formatted for immediate submission to SOC 2 CPAs, PCI QSAs, and enterprise vendor risk assessment teams.
Yes. Every Lorikeet Security engagement includes free retesting within 30 to 60 days to validate that your remediation patches successfully resolve the identified vulnerabilities before your final report is issued.
Typical active testing turnaround is 2-3 weeks, with critical findings reported immediately via your Talon portal so your engineering team can begin remediation without waiting for the final PDF.
Pricing starts from $10,000. We scope the engagement in one call based on your environment's surface area, user roles, and complexity, providing a transparent, fixed-price quote with no hidden change orders.
Scope it in one call
Tell us what is in scope and we come back with a fixed price and a start date. No discovery-call maze, no hourly estimate that moves.
