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Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST)

HITRUST provides a comprehensive and certifiable framework for managing risk and compliance, used by organizations across healthcare, finance, tech, and other industries. Cloudanix helps simplify shared responsibility in cloud environments, clarify control ownership, and align your security practices with HITRUST CSF.

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What is HITRUST?

Founded in 2007, HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance) offers a widely adopted risk and compliance framework for assessment and assurance. HITRUST collaborates with experts in privacy, information security, and risk management to create a standardized yet flexible framework that applies across industries and third-party supply chains. It helps organizations manage compliance programs with clear governance and centralized documentation.

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HITRUST in the Cloud

Cloud environments increase complexity around data governance, inherited controls, and regulatory clarity. HITRUST helps organizations and cloud providers define roles, responsibilities, and ownership of security controls. By clarifying shared responsibility, HITRUST eliminates confusion and aligns all stakeholders around compliance, continuous assessment, and risk mitigation.

Clarified Cloud Roles

Defines shared and inherited responsibilities between customer and cloud provider.

Centralized Risk Management

Tracks assessments, outlines corrective action plans, and benchmarks controls.

HITRUST Compliance Framework

Core Benefits and Value of HITRUST

HITRUST provides a certifiable and comprehensive security framework that integrates with global standards and scales with your business. Here’s how HITRUST helps your organization strengthen compliance and security.

Reduces HIPAA Non-Compliance Risk

HITRUST extends and strengthens HIPAA requirements, helping organizations avoid regulatory gaps and penalties.

Scalable Framework

Adapts to your organization's size, type, and complexity—whether you're a startup or a large enterprise.

Clear and Actionable Guidelines

Provides an organized, easy-to-follow roadmap for managing risk and regulatory compliance.

Evolves With You

Updates in step with your business and regulatory changes in the healthcare and security landscape.

Global Standards Integration

Incorporates existing, globally recognized standards such as HIPAA, NIST, ISO, PCI, FTC Red Flag, and COBIT.

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Protection of PHI and Digital Assets

Safeguards Protected Health Information (PHI), Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and critical cloud data from cyber threats.

Regulatory Attestation

Demonstrates compliance with regulations related to sensitive data and provides a trusted certification to customers and partners.

Unified Compliance Reporting

Generate a single report that proves your organization’s security posture to all customers and stakeholders.

Lower Compliance Burden

Reduces the time and cost spent by IT teams on customer-requested compliance audits.

Partner Security Assessment

Helps you evaluate the security and compliance levels of vendors and third-party partners.

Boosts Internal Awareness

Raises company-wide awareness and accountability around compliance, security policies, and best practices.

Understand the Steps to HITRUST Certification

HITRUST Requirements Overview

The HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) contains 14 control categories, 49 control objectives, and 156 control specifications—providing a comprehensive structure for organizations to manage risk and compliance. Here's how to begin your HITRUST journey, from framework download to final certification.

Steps to HITRUST Certification

A step-by-step breakdown to help you achieve HITRUST certification effectively.

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Ready To Pursue HITRUST Certification?

HITRUST Certification is a gold standard in compliance and information security. It requires time, investment, and a strategic approach—but the return is worth it. Cloudanix makes the journey easier by automating controls, visualizing risks, and aligning your cloud security posture with HITRUST CSF.

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Understanding the Certification Process

HITRUST certification takes 3–4 months, depending on organizational size and complexity. It requires an external audit, an in-depth assessment, and recertification every two years. Despite the heavy lift, the benefits—reduced risk, streamlined compliance, and customer trust—make it a valuable investment. Many organizations also partner with experts to ease the process.

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Why Choose Cloudanix for HITRUST

Cloudanix simplifies HITRUST adoption by mapping multiple frameworks to your environment, ensuring broad compliance and robust security. With real-time monitoring, automated threat detection, and complete asset visibility, Cloudanix reduces the operational burden while enhancing your security posture.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Get clarity on HITRUST certification, how it differs from HIPAA, and who can benefit from adopting the HITRUST CSF framework.

HITRUST compliance was created for the healthcare sector to strengthen information security and reduce the need for multiple third-party assurances and assessments.
No, they are different frameworks. HIPAA is often open to interpretation and varies by organization size, while HITRUST addresses these gaps by offering a standardized, certifiable security framework.
HITRUST CSF is a comprehensive, evolving framework that integrates standards like CCPA, GDPR, and PDHI, providing a unified approach to risk and compliance.
While HITRUST was designed with healthcare in mind, it is now widely used across industries to improve information security and demonstrate trustworthiness.
Cloudanix helps organizations adopt HITRUST with ease by mapping multiple frameworks, automating monitoring, and providing real-time visibility to ensure your compliance posture is always secure.

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