HIPAA secure features — which features indicate a HIPAA-compliant setup?

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HIPAA requires protecting electronic protected health information with safeguards across administrative, physical, and technical measures. A HIPAA-compliant setup typically includes technical safeguards such as encryption to protect data at rest and in transit, audit controls to log who accessed or changed ePHI, and contingency planning like data backups and disaster recovery to ensure data availability even after an incident. The option that combines encryption, backups, contingency planning, and audit logs demonstrates these protections in place and shows the ability to monitor activity and recover from disruptions. The other options miss essential elements: lacking backups or encryption leaves data vulnerable; encryption without audit logs means there’s no track record of access; and having no compliance features at all fails to meet required safeguards.