International Journal of Science, Engineering and TechnologyAuthors: Farzana Haque, Rafiq Hossain, Arifa Sultana, Zubair Karim
Abstract: The increasing digitization of healthcare environments has amplified the need for robust, HIPAA-compliant backup strategies across UNIX platforms such as Solaris and Red Hat. These systems often underpin mission-critical biomedical applications, including EHR systems, PACS imaging clusters, laboratory workflows, and genomic research datasets. Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) requires a multifaceted backup architecture that aligns with HIPAA’s technical safeguards, particularly §§164.308 and 164.312. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of compliant backup design principles tailored for Solaris and Red Hat systems, covering encryption strategies, snapshot management, access controls, audit logging, disaster recovery, and backup validation. Key platform-specific technologies such as ZFS snapshots and LVM snapshots are examined alongside enterprise and open-source backup tools. The discussion extends to immutable backup storage, offsite replication, cloud integration with Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), and future innovations such as AI-driven compliance monitoring and blockchain-based audit trails. Real-world case studies highlight practical implementations across hospitals and research centers, while the review also addresses common pitfalls and regulatory considerations. Ultimately, this article aims to guide system architects and compliance officers in creating resilient, scalable, and fully auditable backup infrastructures in Solaris and Red Hat environments within regulated biomedical domains.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15847599
