SECURING PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION BASED ON SOFTWARE DESIGNATION

Methods to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a first process, a request to access content stored in a memory, determining that the content comprises protected health information (PHI), determining, from a secure table, a set of processes permitted to access the PHI, upon determining the first process is not a member of the set of processes, restricting access to the PHI by the first process, and upon determining the first process is a member of the set of processes, permitting access to the PHI by the first process.