BAAs require more than HIPAA paperwork
HIPAA compliance requires more than policies and paperwork
HIPAA doesn’t give teams a step-by-step definition of what “good security” looks like every day. BAAs turn that ambiguity into clear expectations, and they push healthcare teams to operationalize security earlier than they planned.
Zip Security helps healthcare startups implement and run the cybersecurity controls BAAs assume, so HIPAA readiness holds up in real life, not just in a folder.
HIPAA compliance isn’t a one-time project. It’s day-to-day security that protects PHI as your team grows.
For healthcare companies that handle PHI, real HIPAA compliance depends on whether security controls actually work in practice—across devices, teams, and growth—not just whether policies exist.
What changes when a customer sends you a BAA
What HIPAA expects in practice
If you handle protected health information (PHI), healthcare customers will send you a Business Associate Agreement.
A BAA doesn’t just keep a deal moving. It defines what trust looks like in practice and places the liability accordingly. It assumes you already run real cybersecurity controls every day—not just policies and one-time documentation.
More than anything, a BAA represents the contractual obligation you have to your customers to safeguard PHI with specific security controls.
That includes how you manage access, secure devices, monitor activity, and respond when something goes wrong. Zip Security helps teams implement and operate those controls so HIPAA compliance stands up to real scrutiny.
HIPAA doesn’t give teams a clean “do these 50 things” checklist.
It expects you to run reasonable, modern security controls continuously, across access, devices, monitoring, and response.
In practice, that means:
• access stays limited as roles change
• devices stay secured over time
• suspicious activity gets caught early
• response keeps small issues contained
What changes when a customer sends you a BAA
What HIPAA expects in practice
If you handle protected health information (PHI), healthcare customers will send you a Business Associate Agreement.
A BAA doesn’t just keep a deal moving. It defines what trust looks like in practice and places the liability accordingly. It assumes you already run real cybersecurity controls every day—not just policies and one-time documentation.
More than anything, a BAA represents the contractual obligation you have to your customers to safeguard PHI with specific security controls.
That includes how you manage access, secure devices, monitor activity, and respond when something goes wrong. Zip Security helps teams implement and operate those controls so HIPAA compliance stands up to real scrutiny.
As healthcare vendors grow, customers often require a Business Associate Agreement (BAA).
A BAA doesn’t add new HIPAA rules. It makes expectations explicit, and forces the question:
Does your security work the way you think it does?
Teams that can answer confidently move through reviews faster and avoid last-minute security scrambles that slow deals.
Where teams
usually get stuck
HIPAA readiness breaks down when security doesn’t operate consistently day to day, especially as the company scales.
These problems don’t mean a team ignores HIPAA.
They usually mean the company reached the stage where it needs three things to run continuously: controls, BAA readiness, and incident containment
HIPAA readiness breaks down when security doesn’t operate consistently day to day, especially as the company scales.
With device management through Zip, you can:
As companies scale, security often becomes uneven:
What BAA-ready security looks like
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Why this matters
How teams operationalize HIPAA without a security department
With device management through Zip, you can:
Zip Security helps teams operationalize HIPAA expectations by:
with confidence
Understand what a BAA actually assumes
Get the HIPAA & BAA Readiness Checklist
We put together an ungated BAA Readiness Checklist that breaks down:
We created a checklist that outlines:
It’s designed to help teams evaluate their current posture before security review forces the issue.
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