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Google Assured Workloads for Easy HIPAA Compliance

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August 27, 2025

🎥 New Episode: Google Assured Workloads: A HIPAA Perspective
by HIPAA Vault

Can simply using Google Cloud make your app HIPAA compliant?
Not even close.
This week on the HIPAA Insider Show, host Adam Zeinedine and CTO Gil Vidals explain what Google Assured Workloads really are, how they support frameworks like HIPAA and FedRAMP, and what most developers still miss.

🎯 Key Takeaways:

  • What Assured Workloads do (and don’t do) for HIPAA

  • Why HIPAA is always a shared responsibility

  • How infrastructure security isn’t enough — app-level practices still matter

  • Examples of real-world compliance gaps (like offshore devs and missing 2FA)

✅ HIPAA Compliance Tip of the Week

Don’t Mistake Infrastructure for Full Compliance

Google handles the platform.
You’re still accountable for the rest.

Action Steps:

  • 🔒 Use Assured Workloads to enable U.S.-only data residency and access

  • 🧑‍💻 Enforce 2FA for devs and block offshore access to PHI

  • 📋 Maintain audit logs, encrypt backups, and manage third-party APIs properly

“Google can't secure your code, your users, or your access policies. That’s on you.”
— Gil Vidals, CTO, HIPAA Vault

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🛡️ Google Cloud for Healthcare: Secure It Right, or Pay Later

Launching or scaling a healthcare app on Google Cloud?
Assured Workloads offer foundational security features like:

  • 🔐 U.S.-only access & data storage

  • 🧩 Preconfigured compliance environments

  • 🛠️ Encryption, access logging & policy enforcement

But without expert setup and management, compliance gaps are inevitable.

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- IAM & RBAC enforcement
- Encrypted, automated backups
- Immutable audit logs & real-time alerts
- Full PHI access control & environment hardening