Carbonite Into Agreements with HIPAA-Compliant Businesses

Carbonite, Inc.
will enter into Business Associate Agreements with HIPAA-compliant businesses, providing the
healthcare industry with secure access to cloud backup services.

Carbonite is one of the first cloud backup vendors to announce its compliance
with the new federal HIPAA regulations, which become effective on September 23,
2013.

Changes in Federal HIPAA Regulations:
Companies that create, receive, maintain or transmit protected health
information on behalf of a covered entity are now considered business
associates under the new federal regulations. Carbonite supports the compliance
requirements of covered entities by implementing administrative, physical and
technical safeguards to protect the backed up data of its Business and
BusinessPremier customers.

New HIPAA Features for Carbonite
Business Customers:

• 
  Business Associate Agreement: Carbonite’s Business Associate Agreement
  (BAA) is based on the federal government’s standard, so customers can rest easy
  knowing their backed up data is secure and meets Business Associate compliance
  requirements.
• Administrative, Physical and Technical
  Safeguards: The HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards to
  protect individuals’ electronic personal health information that is created,
  received, used or maintained by a covered entity. Carbonite has implemented the
  appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the
  confidentiality, integrity and security of its HIPAA-compliant customers’
  electronic protected health information.
• Remote File Access: All  Business users can experience the convenience of having their files at their
  fingertips with Carbonite’s Anytime, Anywhere Access, provided the user is not
  managing their own encryption key. Anytime, Anywhere Access allows people to
  access their backed up files from nearly any internet-connected device, either
  by signing into Carbonite.com on any computer or using the free Carbonite
  Mobile app for iOS, Android and BlackBerry devices. Files can be downloaded,
  saved and emailed, so employees can access their own backed up files – whether
  they’re at home, in the office or on the road.

Carbonite Business with Affordable
Backup Options
Carbonite’s
flexible and scalable solutions can protect businesses of all sizes, from a
two-dentist practice to a medical office with 100 employees or more. Carbonite
Business automatically backups an unlimited number of computers for an annual
flat fee of $229.99 with 250GB of storage included, while BusinessPremier backups an unlimited number of computers and servers with 500GB
of storage included for $599.99 per year. As businesses (and data) grow, it’s
easy to add additional storage packs, new users and devices to their
accounts.

HIPAA Webinars:
Carbonite has scheduled webinars to educate
resellers and SMBs on data protection under the new federal HIPAA
regulations:

• Carbonite Resellers & HIPAA:
  Thursday, September 26, 2013. 12 – 1pm ET.
  Description: In this webinar, you’ll learn about how Carbonite Business can
  help you protect your healthcare industry clients’ data, while helping them
  with their HIPAA compliance. We’ll discuss the recent changes to the HIPAA
  standards, how it affects you and your clients, and how Carbonite can help.
• Carbonite for Healthcare Small
  Businesses: Tuesday, October 1, 2013. 12 – 1pm ET. Description: In this webinar, you’ll learn about how you can use
  Carbonite Business to protect the data in your healthcare organization, to
  ensure ongoing HIPAA compliance. We’ll discuss the recent changes to the HIPAA
  standards, how it affects and how Carbonite can help.