HITRUST

Organizations trying to manage healthcare compliance can look to the healthcare compliance management software and frameworks offered by the HITRUST Alliance. Compliance with HITRUST CSF will strengthen your entire IT infrastructure and protect you from cybersecurity threats common to the healthcare industry and beyond. Read on to learn more.

When preparing for HITRUST certification, organizations rely on HITRUST external assessors for compliance assessments and vulnerability remediation guidance. It is critical that you find a HITRUST certification partner that helps meet your compliance and security needs. Read our guide to learn how and where to find HITRUST external assessors.

For organizations within and adjacent to healthcare, compliance with regulatory frameworks such as HITRUST helps strengthen the privacy and security of sensitive patient data. However, healthcare compliance has pros and cons, depending on your business environment, security needs, or organizational structure. Read on to learn more about healthcare compliance pros and cons and how to ensure seamless compliance with efficient and powerful cybersecurity.

The HITRUST Alliance has helped streamline cybersecurity and compliance for companies across all industries since it was founded in 2007. It offers businesses the CSF—a unified regulatory framework that combines controls from various others into a single simplified system.

Organizations that achieve HITRUST certification benefit from streamlined compliance across many industries. However, the timeline for HITRUST certification depends on organization readiness and several compliance considerations. Read on for a HITRUST 101 breakdown of the certification timeline.

Encrypting personal and personally identifiable information (PII) is critical for organizations in industries prone to cybersecurity threats, such as healthcare. Data encryption in healthcare is one essential part of compliance with regulatory frameworks such as HIPAA and HITRUST CSF, and it can be optimized by following some cutting-edge best practices. Read on to learn more.

Founded in 2007, HITRUST initially provided a comprehensive framework for safeguarding protected health information (PHI) and electronic health records (EHR) in the medical industry. Since then, the HITRUST CSF has expanded to include the most widely applicable compliance requirements across numerous industries and organizational activities. Although there aren’t any specific HITRUST encryption requirements, some of the standards it includes—specifically, HIPAA—do require encryption.

With more than 20 individual processes, requirements, and standards under its umbrella, the HITRUST Alliance provides a centralized set of guidelines for professionals in the healthcare industry and beyond. Unfortunately, because it incorporates so many frameworks, many entities who take a HITRUST assessment failed their initial or secondary attempts. Thankfully, there are plenty of remediation strategies available—including retaking the test—for those who have yet to pass.

The HITRUST CSF can help organizations streamline compliance across multiple regulatory frameworks, address security gaps, and strengthen overall cybersecurity. Compliance with the HITRUST CSF may require your organization to complete a HITRUST Validated Assessment to verify adherence to HITRUST CSF controls. Read on to learn more.

Organizations seeking streamlined solutions to their regulatory compliance requirements often look to comprehensive frameworks. The HITRUST CSF, the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s Special Publication 800-53 (NIST SP 800-53), and the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission’s joint ISO/IEC 27001 are three prime examples of one-size-fits-all compliance. But which is best for your organization?