Everything you need to know about HITRUST v11

HITRUST v11 is finally here. In this blog post, Coalfire HITRUST experts provide guidance to address the key details surrounding the transition timelines and what organizations can expect with the latest version...

Coalfire celebrates a decade as HITRUST assessor

Coalfire is incredibly excited for 2022. We are fully committed to developing world-class solutions for our teams and customers. On the immediate horizon is the newly announced i1 assessment, and were eagerly anticipating more news regarding CSFv10. Alongside these developments from HITRUST, were...

Staying current with HITRUST advisory changes

As a result of an ever-evolving threat landscape, compliance requirements are proliferating at an unprecedented rate. It can be overwhelming to keep up with the staggering number of new and updated regulations, compliance frameworks, and standards. HITRUST®, founded in 2007, recognized this...

What you need to know: Transitioning CSA STAR for Cloud Controls Matrix 4.0

In January of this year, the Cloud Security Alliance CSA released a major revision to its widely adopted Cloud Controls Matrix CCM in the form of version 4.0. This comes in the middle of a calendar year where several alternative information security frameworks are also expected to be refined,...

Coalfire and HITRUST – 9 years, 1,000 engagements and counting

Since 2007, HITRUST® has offered programs that protect sensitive information and allow organizations to manage information risk globally across all industries and throughout the supply chain. In collaboration with information security, privacy, and risk management leaders from public and private...

Cybersecurity Risk Management – From HIPAA to HITRUST

Cybersecurity risk management for healthcare organizations continues to be a perplexing issue. While it is explicit in the security management standard of the HIPAA Security Rule that a Covered Entity and their Business Associates must conduct an "accurate and thorough" risk analysis teamed with ...

Controlling Cyber Risk for Teleworkers with HITRUST

Organizations across the globe have sent workers home to avoid spreading the Coronavirus and, as a result, technology leaders are hard-pressed to create cyber-safe work-from-home environments. Organizations must quickly identify and treat new cybersecurity risks introduced by the newly formed...

The HITRUST shared responsibility matrix – the assessor’s point of view

HITRUST® announced the availability of the new Shared Responsibility Program and MatrixTM Version 1.0 to help communicate and assign security and privacy responsibilities between cloud service providers CSPs and their customers. Coalfire is proud that we helped develop the Matrix as part of the...

Quality is Job One When it Comes to the HITRUST CSF Assurance Program

The HITRUST CSF® remains an essential security and privacy controls framework that addresses the multitude of security, privacy, and regulatory challenges facing both public and private sector organizations. As framework adoption increases across all industries, maintaining integrity is crucial,...

New News About the HITRUST Scoring Rubric and PRISMA Model

This is a high-level overview of the most significant changes about the updated HITRUST scoring rubric and PRISMA model that will affect all organizations using the HITRUST framework. It contains tips and guidance for how to prepare for upcoming HITRUST assessments. If you need a deeper dive into...

The HITRUST CSF 90-Day Rules – What You Need to Know

Earlier this year, HITRUST announced required changes, effective April 1, 2019 applicable to all CSF assessor firms, regarding quality and consistency for validated assessments. The changes were outlined in the CSF Assurance Bulletin and included the release of the HITRUST CSF® Assessor Quality...

The HITRUST Common Security Framework: Not Just for Healthcare Anymore

The HITRUST 2019 conference took place last month in Dallas, Texas, and covered important topics such as risk management, compliance, third-party assurance, cybersecurity, medical devices, and the Internet of Things IoT. As speakers and sponsors, we saw much enthusiasm about HITRUST Common Securi...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendo...

Trend Micro at HiMSS: Protecting Healthcare Organizations with Optimized, Connected Security

Submitted by Elie Nasrallah , Director – Cyber Security Strategy The healthcare industry remains one of the most frequently targeted sectors in the United States. It accounted for nearly a quarter 23% of all breaches reported in 2017, second only to the business category, in another record year f...

Highlights from the HITRUST Third-Party Assurance Summit

The HITRUST TPA Summit brought together experts representing customers, vendors, and assessor firms in various aspects of risk management to share best practices, lessons learned and effective third-party risk management strategies leveraging the HITRUST CSF Assurance Program and HITRUST Assessme...

The HITRUST CSF Version 9.1 Release – How It Could Apply to Your Organization

If youre familiar with the Health Information Trust Alliance HITRUST Common Security Framework CSF, then youre likely aware that HITRUST revises the CSF requirements twice annually to account for new regulations, technologies, and business models affecting the security of Protected Health...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendo...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendo...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

Taking Healthcare Threat Protection to the Next Level with HITRUST

Healthcare organizations HCOs worldwide continue to be on the receiving end of cyber-attacks. But if we work together we have both the tools and motivation to turn this around. That’s why Trend Micro has been a long-time partner and advocate of the great work HITRUST is doing to help improve...