HITRUST CSF Certification and Hitrust Security Assessment

Strengthen your healthcare security posture with HITRUST CSF. Our experts guide you through readiness, risk assessment, and certification to help you meet rigorous industry and regulatory requirements.

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HITRUST CSF Certification and Hitrust Security Assessment

What Is HITRUST CSF?

The Health Information Trust Alliance Common Security Framework (HITRUST CSF) is a certifiable security and compliance framework designed to protect sensitive healthcare data, including PHI and ePHI.

HITRUST consolidates requirements from multiple regulations and standards into a single, scalable framework. Its prescriptive and risk-based approach allows organizations to address multiple compliance obligations through one unified assessment.

The HITRUST CSF includes:

  • 14 control categories
  • 49 objectives
  • 149 control specifications
    A defined subset of controls must be implemented and operating effectively to achieve HITRUST certification.

Who HITRUST Applies To

HITRUST is widely adopted across the healthcare ecosystem and by organizations that handle sensitive health data, including:

  • Health plans and insurance providers
  • Hospitals and medical facilities
  • Physician practices and clinics
  • Pharmacies
  • Health information exchanges
  • Biotech and life sciences companies
  • Healthcare IT and cloud service providers

Why HITRUST Matters

While HIPAA establishes baseline security requirements, its flexibility can lead to inconsistent implementation. HITRUST addresses this challenge by providing clear, measurable, and auditable controls that scale based on organizational size, complexity, and risk.

Organizations pursue HITRUST to:

  • Strengthen protection of PHI and ePHI
  • Reduce ambiguity in HIPAA compliance
  • Address multiple regulatory requirements through a single framework
  • Demonstrate strong security posture to partners, regulators, and customers
  • Reduce breach risk through a prescriptive, risk-based approach

HITRUST Assessment vs. HIPAA

HIPAA and HITRUST share the same core objective, safeguarding healthcare information, but differ in execution.

  • HIPAA provides high-level requirements that allow flexibility
  • HITRUST delivers a detailed, certifiable framework with mapped controls and validation

HITRUST aligns with and incorporates requirements from:

  • HIPAA Security Rule
  • PCI DSS
  • NIST RMF
  • ISO standards
  • COBIT
  • FTC Red Flags Rule
  • CMS safeguards and state requirements

This makes HITRUST an efficient path for organizations managing multiple compliance obligations.

HITRUST Assessment & Certification Services

Interactive Security supports organizations throughout the HITRUST lifecycle — from readiness through certification.

Our services help organizations:

  • Evaluate current security and compliance posture
  • Identify gaps against HITRUST CSF requirements
  • Prioritize remediation based on risk
  • Prepare for validated HITRUST assessments
  • Maintain compliance over time

While HITRUST allows self-assessments, working with an experienced assessor helps ensure accuracy, reduce delays, and avoid costly remediation cycles.

How Interactive Security Helps

Our team brings deep experience across healthcare, technology, and regulated industries. We deliver practical, risk-focused guidance to help organizations achieve HITRUST certification efficiently and confidently.

We work closely with your internal teams to align security controls, documentation, and processes with HITRUST requirements, without unnecessary complexity.

Are you preparing for a HITRUST Security Assessment or Certification?

Contact the Interactive Security team at 267-824-2500 or sales@intactsec.com.

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