The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act provides a framework for health care organizations to ensure the privacy and security of patient records. HIPAA is one of the more complex regulations. Compliance with Section 160 of the act, which covers security and privacy, presents many operational, technical, and management challenges. Anitian's HIPAA compliance team can help organize HIPAA efforts or analyze existing measures to ensure complete compliance with the regulations.

Anitian offers the following services to healthcare organizations to help with improving security and meeting compliance regulations.

• Risk Assessment
  Identify critical assets, analyze risk and document risk reduction efforts. See Anitian’s Risk Assessment page for additional information.
• Compliance Gap Assessment
  Determine the current state of compliance, identify gaps and recommend steps to remedy those gaps. Anitian will explicitly address the requirements HIPAA and provide a roadmap for compliance.
• Penetration Testing
  Conduct tests to determine what security vulnerabilities exist on systems.
• Vulnerability Scanning
  Conduct regular security scans of systems to determine their state and ensure compliance with policies.
• Enterprise Security Assessment
  Anitian’s Enterprise Security Assessment is a comprehensive suite of security assessment services including penetration testing, configuration review, social engineering, policy review and regulatory compliance assessment.
• IT Controls Assessment
  Analyze the configuration of key systems, infrastructure components or security controls to assess effectiveness.
• Policy & Procedure Development
  Review all organization security policies and procedures for compliance with FFIEC and NCUA rules as well as other applicable regulatory issues.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning
  Assess business objectives, risks and resources and develop sound Business Continuity Plans (BCP) to ensure continuous operation after a disaster or serious incident.
• Incident Response Planning
  Analyze business risks and develop procedures to respond and handle security or disaster events.
• Managed Security Services
  Anitian offers a extensive set of managed analysis and monitoring services.
• Accreditation Assistance
  Anitian will work with each client to help with the accreditation process.

The result is a comprehensive process that increases the security and efficiency of any organization. Anitian has completed audits at dozens of healthcare organizations, both large and small, and participates in many healthcare alliances and professional groups to keep up to date on the latest methods and strategies for HIPAA compliance.

For more information, please call 888.ANITIAN, or email Anitian Enterprise Security.