Is Cursor HIPAA Compliant? Vibe Coding Tools for Healthcare Compared
Short answer: Cursor is not HIPAA compliant, and Anysphere (the company behind it) doesn’t offer a Business Associate Agreement (BAA). Cursor has strong general-purpose security — SOC 2 Type II certification, AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit, SSO/SCIM, and a zero-data-retention Privacy Mode — but none of that satisfies HIPAA, which requires a... Continue reading
Is Bolt.new HIPAA Compliant? What StackBlitz’s Policies Actually Say
Short answer: Bolt.new is not HIPAA compliant, among the vibe-coding tools not built for regulated health data. Bolt (built by StackBlitz) offers no Business Associate Agreement anywhere in its Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Enterprise page, or Pricing page. What makes Bolt’s paper trail unusual is the split between documents: its Terms of Service haven’t... Continue reading
How to Respond to a HIPAA Breach: A Step-by-Step Guide for Healthcare Organizations
When a HIPAA breach occurs, the clock starts immediately. Covered entities have 60 days from the date of discovery to notify affected individuals, report to HHS, and — for breaches affecting 500 or more individuals in a state — notify prominent media outlets. The response you take in the first hours and days after a... Continue reading
Is Slack HIPAA Compliant?
Slack can support HIPAA compliance — but only on Business+ and Enterprise+ plans, and only when properly configured. Free and Pro plans do not support HIPAA compliance, as confirmed on Slack’s own pricing page. Even on qualifying plans, HIPAA compliance is not automatic — it requires enabling specific security controls, executing a Business Associate Agreement... Continue reading