HIPAA Compliance with Sonomos

HIPAA requires covered entities and business associates to implement safeguards protecting Protected Health Information (PHI). Sonomos provides a technical control layer for AI tool usage.

What Sonomos protects

Sonomos detects all 18 HIPAA-defined identifiers, including:

• Names, dates (DOB, admission, discharge), phone and fax numbers
• Email addresses, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers
• Health plan beneficiary numbers, account numbers
• Certificate and license numbers, vehicle and device identifiers
• Web URLs, IP addresses, biometric identifiers
• Full-face photographs (via image detection)
• Any other unique identifying number or code

How Sonomos fits your compliance program

Caution

Sonomos is a technical safeguard, not a complete HIPAA compliance solution. It should be part of a broader compliance program that includes administrative and physical safeguards, staff training, and BAAs with service providers.

Sonomos supports your HIPAA compliance by:

• Preventing PHI disclosure — Cloak masks PHI before it reaches AI platforms
• Providing audit trails — compliance reports document detection and masking events
• Operating locally — no PHI is transmitted to Sonomos servers
• Supporting team policies — Teams plan enables admin-enforced detection and masking rules

Recommended configuration for healthcare

1. Enable Cloak on all AI platforms used by staff
2. Set Send Guard to Banner + Modal (default) — do not disable
3. Configure compliance report delivery to your compliance officer’s email
4. On the Teams plan, enforce mandatory Cloak via admin policy controls