HITRUST
HITRUST Compliance Certification & Consulting
Service Overview
The HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) is the gold standard for unifying healthcare security and compliance requirements into one certifiable program. By combining over 20 industry regulations and standards, including HIPAA, NIST, PCI DSS, and GDPR, HITRUST streamlines compliance and strengthens your overall security posture.
For healthcare providers, payers, and vendors handling sensitive patient data, HITRUST certification is more than a badge of compliance, it’s a powerful signal of trust. Certification demonstrates to partners and clients that your organization takes information security seriously, reducing risk exposure while meeting the complex expectations of the healthcare industry.
Unlike HIPAA, which defines rules and penalties but leaves interpretation open, HITRUST offers a standardized, measurable, and certifiable framework. This ensures that your organization not only addresses regulatory demands but also builds a proactive, scalable security program that adapts as your business grows.
Organizations that adopt HITRUST gain a competitive edge, reduce audit fatigue by consolidating requirements into a single assessment, and prepare for long-term success in an increasingly security-conscious marketplace.
Strengthen HITRUST
Partnering with an authorized HITRUST CSF Assessor ensures your organization selects the right assessment pathway, understands the results in context, and builds a proactive program to keep pace with evolving regulatory demands. With expert guidance, you can streamline certification, reduce complexity, and enhance trust with partners and patients alike.
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Who HITRUST Is Best Tailored For
HITRUST CSF Certification is designed for organizations that need to balance strict security standards with complex compliance demands. It’s particularly valuable for entities in healthcare and adjacent industries where trust and data protection are non-negotiable.
Ideal Candidates Include:
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Healthcare Providers & Hospitals
Organizations that handle sensitive patient information and must align with HIPAA while proving to partners and patients that data is secure. -
Health Plans & Payers
Insurance companies and payers looking to strengthen their security posture while reducing third-party vendor risks. -
Business Associates & Vendors
Companies that support healthcare entities, such as cloud providers, IT service firms, and billing processors, who often face certification requests from clients. -
Life Sciences & Pharma
Organizations conducting clinical trials or handling regulated data that must demonstrate compliance across multiple frameworks simultaneously. -
Technology Startups in Healthcare
Emerging companies integrating new solutions into hospitals or provider networks who want to accelerate adoption by showing proactive compliance.
Why It Matters
HITRUST certification goes beyond meeting regulatory requirements, it simplifies compliance, strengthens security, and builds trust. By consolidating multiple frameworks into one program, organizations reduce audit fatigue and save time and resources. As more hospitals, payers, and partners require HITRUST from their vendors, certification ensures you stay competitive in the healthcare marketplace. Most importantly, it demonstrates a proactive commitment to protecting sensitive patient information, positioning your organization as a trusted and reliable partner.
How to Achieve HITRUST CSF Certification
Achieving HITRUST certification isn’t just about checking a box, it’s about building a scalable, trusted security program that aligns with healthcare’s highest standards. RSI Security guides you through every step of the certification journey, helping you streamline compliance and strengthen your organization’s defenses.
Scoping & Gap Assessment
We begin by mapping your environment, defining the scope of your HITRUST certification, and performing a gap analysis to identify where your current program falls short of CSF requirements.
Framework Alignment
Our experts help align your policies, procedures, and controls with HITRUST CSF standards, harmonizing overlapping requirements from HIPAA, NIST, PCI DSS, ISO, and more into one cohesive framework.
Assessment Preparation
We guide you through readiness activities, from facilitated self-assessments to documentation reviews, ensuring your organization is fully prepared for the validated HITRUST i1, r2, or e1 assessment.
Validation & Certification
As an authorized HITRUST CSF Assessor, RSI Security conducts your validated assessment, reviewing evidence, confirming compliance with in-scope controls, and working with HITRUST to achieve certification.
Continuous Monitoring & Support
HITRUST is not a one-time exercise. We provide ongoing support through interim assessments, continuous monitoring, and advisory services to keep your program secure, compliant, and ready for renewals.
HITRUST e1 Assessment
The HITRUST e1 Assessment is the newest, most streamlined option for organizations beginning their HITRUST journey. Designed for startups, smaller vendors, and businesses with lower risk profiles, the e1 focuses on 44 foundational security controls that establish a strong baseline for compliance.
Why Choose the e1?
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Faster Path to Certification – Complete a validated HITRUST assessment with reduced cost, time, and complexity.
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Builds a Strong Foundation: Establishes essential cybersecurity controls that can be scaled to more rigorous certifications (i1 or r2) as your organization grows.
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Adaptable & Practical: Emphasizes real-world implementation, helping organizations prove security readiness early in their lifecycle.
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Future-Ready: Results from the e1 assessment can be leveraged toward advanced HITRUST certifications, ensuring nothing goes to waste.
With RSI Security’s guidance, the HITRUST e1 becomes more than a starter certification, it’s a launchpad for building lasting trust and compliance across the healthcare ecosystem.
Why Choose HITRUST Certification?
Any organization that handles protected health information (PHI) or supports healthcare operations is under increasing pressure to prove that security and compliance are priorities. HITRUST CSF Certification provides assurance that your systems, policies, and controls are aligned with the industry’s most widely adopted framework for healthcare security.
While HIPAA sets baseline requirements, it does not prescribe a clear path to certification. HITRUST fills that gap by harmonizing HIPAA with over 20 other regulatory standards, enabling organizations to demonstrate compliance through one standardized, certifiable framework. Certification shows providers, payers, and partners that you take patient data protection seriously and meet the rigorous expectations of the healthcare industry.
HITRUST is not a one-time achievement, it’s an ongoing program. Through readiness, certification, and continuous monitoring, organizations can identify gaps, remediate weaknesses, and evolve their security posture as new threats and regulations emerge. This proactive approach reduces risk exposure, streamlines vendor due diligence, and positions your organization as a trusted healthcare partner.
Though certification requires careful planning and investment, the long-term benefits far outweigh the effort. Choosing HITRUST means choosing trust, compliance, and resilience, safeguarding your reputation while strengthening your competitive edge in a security-conscious marketplace.
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Your Compliance Partner
RSI Security is an authorized HITRUST CSF Assessor with years of experience helping healthcare organizations, vendors, and business associates achieve and maintain HITRUST certification. Our team understands the unique challenges of aligning with multiple regulatory requirements and delivers practical solutions that simplify the path to certification.
From initial scoping and gap assessments to validated certification and continuous monitoring, we guide you through every stage of the HITRUST journey. Our advisors act as both consultants and liaisons, ensuring your organization is fully prepared for HITRUST i1, r2, or e1 assessments and positioned for long-term success.
Beyond HITRUST, our proven expertise spans leading frameworks such as HIPAA, NIST, PCI DSS, ISO, and CMMC, allowing us to harmonize requirements and reduce compliance fatigue. Every engagement is rooted in the belief that security and compliance are not just obligations, but opportunities to build trust and competitive advantage.
With RSI Security as your HITRUST partner, you’ll strengthen your compliance posture, safeguard patient data, and enhance your reputation across the healthcare ecosystem.
