Serving our country is meaningful for Intraprise Health, especially for those employees who have served in the U.S. military. As a healthcare focused IT security firm, located in Yardley, Pennsylvania, Intraprise Health relies on its strong core of veterans to navigate the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape.
HITRUST has been a trusted framework since it was founded in 2007. It was created to champion programs that safeguard sensitive information and manage information risk. Intraprise Health is one of the first certified HITRUST assessors and is 100% healthcare focused. We know the importance of ensuring organizations are secure in the highly regulated healthcare arena. With two seats on the HITRUST Assessor Council and one on the Quality Assurance Subcommittee, we work closely with HITRUST to ensure your organization receives an assessment and reporting option that is ‘rely-able’ for all stakeholders.
HITRUST recently released updated guidance for placing reliance on the results of previously performed audits, assessments, and inspections. These policy and methodology updates create opportunities for greater assessment efficiency and customer cost savings.
April 2020
As healthcare payers surge to meet the increasing needs of their members and health system partners, their IT and security teams are gleaning some timely reminders that scalability and adoption of a risk management framework are critically important in times of crisis.
Scalability is a “muscle” that all security teams will need to strengthen throughout their enterprise security program because as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown we don’t know when or what aspect(s) of the program will be tested and to what degree. Scalability may not be as important during a one-time event, like a breach or malware attack – an organization can often address a specific issue head on. However, when there is sustained pressure or a fundamental shift that increases scope, it becomes critical that the organization have scalable processes and tools.
As COVID-19 changes the way many healthcare organizations are operating, Intraprise Health has been compiling a list of resources that we think will be useful to your organization. Our team of cybersecurity experts has been fielding questions from clients on many of these topics. Links to resources such as securing your work from home force, to newly relaxed HIPAA privacy rules and guidance from the Department of Homeland Security are included.
We hope you find this information useful and will continue to update this list as our team adds more resources. Read More
As we continue to rely on the interoperability of our computer systems in our everyday lives, we must remember this interconnectivity comes with a price. The ability to access devices remotely over the internet has created a new world of ease and freedom which can be manipulated by malicious actors. It’s quite eye-opening in its simplicity: If a device is exposed on the internet it has the possibility of being compromised. Read More
Today’s modern networks require flexibility to allow workers to work from multiple locations. One of the most common methods to achieve remote network access is a Virtual Private Network (VPN). VPN’s can come in all shapes and sizes, from hosted to on-premises, to in the cloud, and can be built to fit all needs. However, one topic that is often overlooked is whether or not to allow VPN users to utilize split tunneling. Webopedia defines split tunneling as “The process of allowing a remote VPN user to access a public network, most commonly the Internet, at the same time that the user is allowed to access resources on the VPN.” The idea is a user has a tunnel to the corporate network to access any apps or shared drives through the VPN connection while still utilizing the local internet connection of the remote user for access to the web or local resources.
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Council Members Provide Expertise on Various Security and Privacy Programs of Interest to Healthcare Industry
Intraprise Health is pleased to announce that Ryan Patrick and Melissa Hawkins have been appointed to the HITRUST CSF Assessor Council. In its second year, the HITRUST CSF Assessor Council includes members representing a broad range of experience in information security and privacy. Appointees work closely with HITRUST to ensure and evolve HITRUST’s integrity, effectiveness and efficiency. Read More
More than 81 % of U.S. hospitals and health systems and 80 % of U.S. health plans use the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF). It provides an implementation standard that is understood and accepted throughout the healthcare industry. Having HITRUST certification in place shows other healthcare entities that you take your security seriously. Read More
In today’s networks, having a strong defense at the perimeter-points is not sufficient to keep your data safe. The IT landscape moves very quickly and so do the threats that we face. Strong networks will implement additional defenses to protect the internal boundary points. These additional defenses will ideally vary in strength and type between segments, which house varying sensitivity levels of data. The Healthcare industry has been slowly adopting stricter network segmentation and role-based access throughout the entirety of its networks.
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