HIPAA Security Rule update

    Compare · Versus HIPAA Vault · 2027

    Compliant hosting and the compliance program. Two different jobs.

    HIPAA Vault is managed HIPAA-compliant hosting and infrastructure: servers, WordPress, secure email, fax, and texting, with a BAA on its services. Live Compliance is the HIPAA compliance program an auditor examines: risk analysis, policies, training, vendor agreements, the security layer, and a named compliance team, at a price on the page.

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    Pick HIPAA Vault if

    Your website or application needs HIPAA-compliant hosting and managed infrastructure, and the compliance program itself, policies, training, risk analysis, and audit evidence, is handled somewhere else.

    Pick Live Compliance if

    HIPAA audit readiness is the central problem. You want the risk analysis, policies, training, vendor agreements, and the security operations an audit examines in one platform with a named compliance team, working beside whatever hosting and IT you already have.

    Checked against hipaavault.com on 10 September 2026.

    Choosing for 2027

    HIPAA Vault alternatives for 2027.

    For 2027, choose Live Compliance over HIPAA Vault when the HIPAA compliance program is the central problem: the risk analysis, policies, training, and audit evidence, with the security layer in the same platform. Keep a hosting provider for hosting; the two jobs are different.

    The January 6, 2025 HIPAA Security Rule update is still a proposal, and the Unified Agenda lists final action for July 2027. That July 2027 date is the Unified Agenda timetable for RIN 0945-AA22. The proposal is not in force. An audit examines the Security Rule in force today. (Source: 90 FR 898; Unified Agenda, RIN 0945-AA22.) Checked on 11 November 2026. Live Compliance works with the MSP or IT provider you already have. It does not replace them.

    This is general educational information, not legal advice. Accurate as of October 26, 2026. Regulations change. Verify current requirements at hhs.gov/hipaa or with your compliance counsel. Sources: 90 FR 898 and the Unified Agenda, RIN 0945-AA22. Last updated: October 26, 2026.

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    Ten things a buyer checks, two platforms.

    Ten rows a buyer checks, words in the cells instead of checkmarks, read from HIPAA Vault’s own pages on the date underneath. The two columns do different jobs on purpose.

    What a buyer checksLive ComplianceHIPAA Vault
    What it isA HIPAA compliance program platform with a named team: risk analysis, policies, training, vendor agreements, and the security layerManaged HIPAA-compliant hosting and infrastructure: Linux, Windows, and WordPress hosting, secure email, fax, texting, and forms
    Published price$399, $895, or $1,450 a month plus $8.33 per employee, publishedQuote only; month-to-month plans referenced, quotes requested through their site
    Business Associate AgreementIncluded, part of the programIncluded, signed for its hosted services
    Compliance team includedIncluded, and named24/7 U.S.-based technical support for hosting; no compliance team listed
    Risk analysis, policies, and trainingIncluded, every planNot listed; a free HIPAA risk assessment offer and penetration testing are listed
    Built-in SIEM and continuous vulnerability monitoringIncluded, Professional and up, on every workstationMonitoring and vulnerability scanning for the systems it hosts
    Dark web monitoring and phishing simulationIncluded, every planNot listed
    Encrypted emailIncluded, Professional and up, organization-wideIncluded, as hosted services: HIPAA-compliant Gmail and Office 365 email
    Website and application hostingNot listed; your site stays with the host you already useIncluded, their core product, with managed WordPress and cloud hosting
    Public badge and Trust CenterIncluded, every planNot listed

    Read from hipaavault.com’s own pricing and feature pages on 11 November 2026, with third-party reviews as a cross-check. “Not listed” means HIPAA Vault’s public materials did not show it when we checked. HIPAA Vault's pages showed quote-based pricing and no training or policy management listings on 11 November 2026. Feature sets change; confirm current offerings with HIPAA Vault. Live Compliance is not affiliated with HIPAA Vault, and product names are trademarks of their owners.

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    Where we separate

    The program an audit examines, beside whoever hosts your systems.

    Hosting keeps a server compliant. An audit examines the organization: the risk analysis, the policies people acknowledged, the training records, the vendor agreements, the incident log, and the monitoring evidence. Live Compliance runs that record, with phishing simulation and dark web monitoring on every plan, and SIEM, continuous vulnerability monitoring, and organization-wide encrypted email on Professional and up, whoever hosts the website.

    Enterprise SIEM, Detect & Respond, Encrypted Email, Asset Manager, and the Credential Tracker are on Professional and up. No add-on modules.

    $399, $895, or $1,450 a month

    plus $8.33 per employee per month, billed annually. For a 20-employee practice: Professional is $1,061.60 a month. Every price published.

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    Security operations screen listing every workstation with its last scan time and a vulnerabilities table with remediation actions.

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    Straight answers

    HIPAA Vault and Live Compliance, in plain words.

    HIPAA Vault is managed HIPAA-compliant hosting and infrastructure. Live Compliance is the HIPAA compliance program: documentation, training, the security layer, and a named team, at a published price, working beside whatever hosting you already have.

    The rows above are the facts, read from HIPAA Vault's own pages on the date underneath. These answers are for the questions buyers ask before they read them.

    • Two platforms
    • Checked November 2026
    • 500+ organizations
    • Since 2010
    • 100% audit success rate

    HIPAA Vault quotes its pricing. Its hosting and secure-communication services are priced through a quote request on its site, with month-to-month plans referenced. Live Compliance publishes every price: $399, $895, or $1,450 a month plus $8.33 per employee per month, billed annually, with no add-on fees.

    Managed HIPAA-compliant hosting and infrastructure. Its site lists fully managed Linux, Windows, and WordPress hosting, WooCommerce and sFTP hosting, HIPAA-compliant email for Gmail and Office 365, secure fax, texting, and forms, with a signed Business Associate Agreement on its services, penetration testing, and 24/7 U.S.-based support. It describes 25 years of service and SBA 8(a) certification.

    No. HIPAA Vault is hosting and infrastructure: it keeps the systems it hosts compliant and signs a BAA for those services. A HIPAA compliance program is the organization-wide work an auditor examines: the risk analysis, written policies, workforce training, vendor agreements, incident response, and the evidence trail. Its site lists a free HIPAA risk assessment offer and penetration testing, and does not list policy management, workforce training, or a compliance team. Live Compliance runs that program, with a named compliance team on every plan.

    No. They do different jobs. If your website or application needs HIPAA-compliant hosting, that is a hosting decision, and Live Compliance does not host websites. If your organization needs the HIPAA program an auditor examines, that is Live Compliance, and it works beside whatever hosting, MSP, or IT relationship you already have. Some organizations will reasonably use both.

    Its site does not list policy management or workforce training, and lists a free HIPAA risk assessment offer alongside penetration testing, as of the date on this page. The organization-wide risk analysis HIPAA requires under 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A), written policies, documented training, and vendor agreements are the program layer. Live Compliance includes all of them on every plan.

    Yes. That is the intended setup. Live Compliance runs the compliance program beside the hosting, MSP, or IT provider you already use. Existing policies, training records, and assessments import, so nothing restarts. The guarantee stands behind the program: audit-ready in 60 days, or we keep working at no additional cost until you are.

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