BEYOND will identify gaps in your existing environment that could prevent HITRUST® certification. BEYOND will provide detailed information on the findings, recommendations, strategy, and timeline for developing your Information Security Program “ISP” to meet the current HITRUST® framework.

A readiness assessment is an essential part of any organizational change management program and should be completed before you launch technical implementation and update or recreate your documentation.

Determine the scope of the assessment.
Questionnaire / Interviews are completed.
Constant contact – frequent communication / status meetings throughout.
BEYOND will review, conduct analysis and develop a working draft report.
BEYOND will review findings and draft report with the client.

Let’s put BEYOND’s executive leadership and security knowledge to work for your organization.  Our security services offer you access to a team of professionals that provide the required subject matter expertise to help you strengthen your “ISP”.

As a team we can develop your security program.  We will quickly work with you to gain knowledge and build a strategy on addressing your security gaps.  With our vast knowledge of the security environment, we will go to work to solve these problems for you with results that you can rely on.

This work can include:

Implementation of products / managed services
Internal processes such as BC/DR Plan | Data Classification | Incident Response | IT Vendor Management | Risk Management | Teleworking (WFH) | vCISO Services
The creation of necessary documents (Policy / Procedure Guides) that are written to communicate each step clearly and developed to meet your compliance needs.

Team introductions | assignments | status meetings.
Pre-Validation Meetings
PreAssessment Checklist Meeting
Population | Evidence Review Meeting
Validation Testing – evaluation of the level of security compliance to the required HITRUST® controls associated with the Client control environment by reviewing documentation, interviewing key stakeholders and testing to validate the controls are implemented.
QA | Submission of evidence to HITRUST®.
Work with HITRUST® during the QA process.
Review HITRUST® findings | report with Client.
Final Validation Review Document
Process Improvements

i1 only: The Rapid Recertification for the i1 assessments provides an accelerated way to recertify. The Rapid Recertification allows Assessed Entities and their External Assessors to evaluate a sample of requirement statements that were scored in the original i1 Assessment. Upon successfully demonstrating that the control environment has not materially degraded, the Assessed Entity is permitted to roll forward scores from their certified i1 Assessment for the remaining requirement statements – thus reducing the amount of testing required to complete the assessment.

R2 only: The Interim Assessment follows the same guidance as the Validated Assessment, with a reduced number of requirements. Leading up to the Interim Assessment, The BEYOND Security Team will work with you to ensure you are ready for the Interim Assessment.

Policy | Procedure Documentation maintained and updated
CAPS (if applicable) addressed
Continued maturity of your ISP
The mid-certification review will then be conducted by the BEYOND Validation Team and follows the same process as the Validated Assessment (see Phase 3 Validated Assessment).