HIPAA Security Rule
Policies and Procedures

HIPAA Security Rule 164.316(b)(2)(i): Time Limit (Documentation Retention)

Retain the documentation required by paragraph (b)(1) of this section for 6 years from the date of its creation or the date when it last was in effect, whichever is later.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 22 controls across 16 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • ASBv3-IR-7 Post-incident activity - conduct lesson learned and retain evidence
  • ASBv3-LT-6 Configure log storage retention

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • SI-12 Information Management and Retention

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • AU-11 Audit Record Retention
  • SI-12 Information Management and Retention

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-SP-01 Documentation, communication and provision of policies and instructions
  • CFTC-SS-20 Production of System Safeguards Books and Records

ISO 22301:2019 · 1 control

  • 7.5.3 Control of documented information

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.33 Protection of records

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.33 Protection of records

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 10.5.1 10.5.1 Keep logs 12 months, latest three months online

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-P4.2 P4.2 Retaining personal information

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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HIPAA Security Rule 164.316(b)(2)(i) is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of HIPAA Security Rule your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 53 of 67 HIPAA Security Rule controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 64 were rejected on the ISO 27001:2022 pair alone.

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