The auditor also issued an attestation report stating that the information security program for vCloud Hybrid Service meets the applicable HIPAA security and HITECH breach notification requirements. These compliance milestones enable healthcare-focused customers and partners to confidently embrace vCloud Hybrid Service while meeting HIPAA regulations on BAAs. "The healthcare IT industry needs trusted, reliable and stable business associates that will help address the appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguard requirements under HIPAA security rules," said Dr. Shafiq Rab, vice president and chief information officer, Hackensack University Medical Center. "It is the healthcare industry's moral and ethical duty to protect the privacy of the very people who in their most vulnerable moments trust us with their lives, and VMware is on the right track in helping us achieve this."