HIPAA RISK ASSESSMENT & HIPAA COMPLIANCE
HIPAA risk assessments are required for covered entities, CyberSecOp assist health care organizations to conduct periodically risk assessment. Our comprehensive HIPAA security risk assessment, help health care organizations identify gaps in compliance, respond to high risks and implement preventative measures to mitigate future risks.
We assist organizations with HIPAA regulatory standards or becoming certified with HITRUST, both HIPAA & HITRUST requires that patient data be stored securely, access to the data be controlled and monitored, and that healthcare organizations have the policies, procedures and systems needed to ensure compliance.
We can assess and implement HIPAA & HITRUST compliance program, Our HIPAA security risk assessment services helps your organization ensure it is compliant with HIPAA's Security Rule and requirement. CyberSecOp provide all the services you need to accomplish HIPAA compliance such as HIPAA Security Rule implementation, assessment, and compliance services
What is the HIPAA Security Risk Assessment?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule requires that covered entities and its business associates conduct a risk assessment of their healthcare organization. A risk assessment helps your organization ensure it is compliant with HIPAA’s administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. A risk assessment also helps reveal areas where your organization’s protected health information (PHI) could be at risk.
Healthcare organizations make good targets for ransomware attacks because they don’t typically have sophisticated backup systems and other resiliency measures like large corporations. Ransomware attacks have become increasingly sophisticated and often begin with an email attachment opened by an unwitting employee. The malicious code crawls through the computer system, encrypting and locking data folders and the computer’s operating system.
HIPAA Risk Assessments & Privacy compalice with CyberSecOp
Everything you need to maintain the security compliance with HITRUST and HIPAA security and compliance program, while safeguarding your organization against data breach, compliance failure, incentive recoupment, and fines. It is a key requirement of the HIPAA & HITRUST Security Management Process Standard and a major requirement for organizations seeking payment through the Medicare and Medicaid Meaningful Use Program.
HIPAA & HITRUST Security Compliance Service
The HIPAA risk assessment requirement applies to both covered entities (health plans/payors, providers, and clearinghouses) and business associates (the service providers that covered entities do business with). Many healthcare organizations complete HIPAA gap assessments, which determine how their current controls compare to regulatory requirements. However, gap assessments are higher-level, designed to identify controls that may be missing from an organization’s security posture.
Our experts have in-depth knowledge of the HIPAA Security Rule and regulatory expectations from their prior roles with some of the largest, most prominent healthcare systems and hospital associations in the nation.
Regularly assess its records to track access to ePHI and detect security incidents;
Regularly assess policies and procedures
Regular assess of collect data
Regular review HIPAA Security Rule’s administrative, physical and technical safeguards
Periodically evaluates the effectiveness of security measures put in place; and
Regularly re-evaluates potential risks to ePHI.
HIPAA Assessment Methodology
Data Security Assessment
Ensure PHI and other sensitive data is secure, with particular focus on the EHR environment.
Network Security Assessment
Ensure the network is appropriately secured, monitored, and connectivity is well managed & controlled.
Infrastructure Security Assessment
Ensure servers, workstations, and services are deployed according to best practices.
Application Security Assessment
Ensure web/mobile applications, cloud services, and APIs are deployed according to best practices. HIPAA security risk assessments are performed to alert management about what could go wrong with PHI and Electronic Medical Records (EMR). HIPAA security risk assessment analysis is done based on the guidance from DHHS, CMS and NIST.
HIPAA compliance.
Information, systems, processes, people and facilities that can create risk are identified and assessed to ensure HIPAA compliance.
Risk Management
Ensure there is sufficient information and resources to make appropriate risk management decisions.
Policy & Procedures Assessment
Ensure ITSEC policies and procedures are appropriately developed and implemented.
Personnel Assessment
Ensure staff is educated and prepared for security incidents and disasters.
Business Associate (BA) Management
Ensure there is appropriate oversight of business partners & associates, including service providers.
HIPAA Compliance Services & HIPAA Risk Assessment
Risk Categorization: Organizations must categorize their information and information systems in order of risk to ensure that sensitive information and the systems that use it are given the highest level of security.
System Security Plan: HIPAA & HITRUST requires agencies to create a security plan which is regularly maintained and kept up to date. The plan should cover things like the security controls implemented within the organization, security policies, and a timetable for the introduction of further controls.
Security Controls: HIPAA & HITRUST outlines an extensive catalog of suggested security controls for HIPAA compliance. HIPAA does not require an agency to implement every single control; instead, they are instructed to implement the controls that are relevant to their organization and systems. Once the appropriate controls are selected and the security requirements have been satisfied, the organizations must document the selected controls in their system security plan.
Risk Assessments: Risk assessments are a key element of HIPAA & HITRUST information security requirements. HIPAA offers some guidance on how agencies should conduct risk assessments. According to the HIPAA guidelines, risk assessments should be three-tiered to identify security risks at the organizational level, the business process level, and the information system level.
Certification and Accreditation: HIPAA requires program officials and agency heads to conduct annual security reviews to ensure risks are kept to a minimum level. Agencies can achieve HIPAA Certification and Accreditation (C&A) through a four-phased process which includes initiation and planning, certification, accreditation, and continuous monitoring.
We’ve helped hundreds of covered entities navigate HIPAA security, lower risk, and protect against devastating data breaches, CyberSecOp’s HIPAA risk assessments are tailored to provide the best return on investment based on your organization’s size, complexity, and capabilities. We not only help you achieve compliance, we deliver the most effective ways to protect confidential information and lower your risk of a breach
