Does marking a field as PHI (Personal Health Information) automatically encrypt it?
No, marking a field as PHI only enables the system to identify that the values present in it contain personal health information of an individual.
As an additional layer of security, these fields can be encrypted separately. While this isn't mandatory, as a best practice, it's essential to encrypt. Find out more about field encryption.
The encrypted fields are added with Encryption at Rest (EAR) Read more about encryption in Zoho's Encryption Whitepaper.To encrypt/decrypt PHI fields
Go to Setup > Customization > Modules and Fields > [Select the module] .
In the module layout editor, go to the field you wish to encrypt, click the Settings icon and select Edit Properties.
In the Field Properties popup, select the Encrypt Field checkbox.
Click Done.
Save the layout.
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