ISO 27001:2022 vs HIPAA Security Rule
What is the difference between ISO 27001:2022 and HIPAA Security Rule?
ISO 27001:2022 is a information security framework applying in International, with 93 controls across 6 domains. HIPAA Security Rule is a healthcare framework applying in the United States, with 67 controls across 5 domains. They govern different subjects, so the overlap is limited to the governance requirements they share. The mapping below shows where that is.
Measured coverage between these frameworks
We map controls between these two frameworks in a knowledge graph and have a person review every mapping before it is published. Below is what that review found. The figures are read live from the graph, not written by hand.
HIPAA Security Rule into ISO 27001:2022
50.5%47 of 93 ISO 27001:2022 controls carry evidence from HIPAA Security Rule, leaving 46 to satisfy separately.
123 candidate mappings were examined and 48 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →ISO 27001:2022 into HIPAA Security Rule
79.1%53 of 67 HIPAA Security Rule controls carry evidence from ISO 27001:2022, leaving 14 to satisfy separately.
156 candidate mappings were examined and 64 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →Coverage is directional. Mapping A into B is a different measurement from B into A, because the two standards do not carry the same depth on the same subjects.
Questions people ask about ISO 27001:2022 and HIPAA Security Rule
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