HITRUST certificationGet HITRUST certified without building a security team first.
Health systems and payers ask for HITRUST when a contract carries enough risk. A dedicated SecureSlate compliance lead matches the assessment level to what your customer actually requires, prepares your evidence for MyCSF, and works with your HITRUST assessor, while our compliance automation platform reuses the work you already do for HIPAA, SOC 2, or ISO 27001. One fixed price covers the work.
HITRUST CSF assessment domains: 19 domains, 5 Governance and risk, 3 Endpoints and devices, 8 Infrastructure and access, 3 Resilience and physical security. 4 highlighted: Evidenced by included security scanning.
Evidenced by included security scanningScoped with your compliance lead
- Assessments
- e1, i1, and r2
- Certificate
- 1 year for e1 and i1, 2 years for r2
- Validated by
- An authorized assessor, then HITRUST
The standard
HITRUST certification proves your controls to healthcare buyers at the level they ask for.
The HITRUST CSF brings requirements from HIPAA, ISO 27001, NIST, and other sources into one control framework, and HITRUST certifies organizations through validated assessments.
e1, i1, or r2
The e1 Essentials assessment covers foundational cybersecurity practices, the i1 Implemented assessment adds a broader set of leading practices, and the r2 Risk-based assessment is tailored to your risk factors and is the most rigorous. Customers usually specify the level in the contract.
Validated by an assessor, reviewed by HITRUST
An authorized external assessor tests your controls and submits the results through MyCSF, then HITRUST runs a quality assurance review before issuing certification. e1 and i1 certifications last one year, and r2 lasts two years with an interim assessment.
Scope and inheritance shape the effort
The systems, data, and vendors in scope decide which requirements apply, and controls your cloud provider already operates can often be inherited through HITRUST's inheritance program instead of being tested again.
How it works
We match the HITRUST level to your customer, then get you certified.
Four stages from the scoping call to certification, with a named compliance lead accountable at every one.
Confirm the level and the scope
We check which assessment your customer actually requires, define the systems, locations, and data in scope, and identify controls you can inherit from your cloud provider before any evidence work begins.
Run a readiness assessment
Your compliance lead measures your current controls against the applicable HITRUST requirements, reuses what already exists for HIPAA, SOC 2, or ISO 27001, and turns the gaps into a dated plan with owners.
Close gaps and prepare evidence
Policies, procedures, and technical controls implemented, with integrations and scanning collecting evidence continuously, and responses prepared for MyCSF so the assessor finds what they need.
Validated assessment and HITRUST review
We coordinate with your authorized assessor through testing, respond to follow-up requests, and stay with you through HITRUST's quality assurance review, then keep controls running for the interim assessment or renewal.
What is included
Everything your HITRUST assessor tests, prepared before they ask.
HITRUST compliance software and the expert who runs it arrive together under one fixed price, so the program does not land on your engineers.
A dedicated compliance lead
One experienced practitioner owns your HITRUST program end to end. They confirm the assessment level, run readiness, prepare evidence for MyCSF, and work with your assessor directly, so your team reviews and approves instead of learning the framework.
Evidence reuse from HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001
Controls and evidence you already maintain for other frameworks are mapped to the HITRUST requirements, so the assessment builds on your existing program instead of duplicating it.
Evidence from the stack you already run
Connect your cloud provider, identity provider, code host, and devices once. Controls are tested continuously against live configuration, and when one fails, SecureSlate AI finds the gap and prepares a fix for your team to approve.
Access reviews, training, and devices
Access reviews, security awareness training, and device checks run on a schedule and are tracked for you, with evidence for the access control, education, and endpoint domains.
Third party assurance
Vendors that touch sensitive data tracked with due diligence, contracts, and review dates, which is what the Third Party Assurance domain expects to see.
A Trust Center for healthcare buyers
Share your HITRUST certification and security posture with health systems and payers from a live page, so procurement has answers before the questionnaire arrives.
Assessment domain evidence
Several HITRUST domains need evidence from your code and cloud, not a policy.
Configuration, vulnerability, network, and password management are tested against what actually runs. Security scanning is part of the engagement, so the evidence comes from your real repositories, domains, and cloud accounts.
07 Vulnerability Management
Code security scanning
Repositories scanned for vulnerable code, with findings ranked by severity and traced to the line, which gives vulnerability management evidence from what you actually ship.
10 Password Management
Secrets detection
API keys, tokens, and credentials committed to source code, found and pinpointed to the file and line, so secrets are managed rather than left sitting in repositories.
07 Vulnerability Management
Dependency and license risk
An SBOM for every repository, with vulnerable open source components flagged, which extends vulnerability management to the third-party code you depend on.
07 Vulnerability Management, 08 Network Protection
Public surface monitoring
Your domains and forgotten subdomains scanned on a schedule and when you ship, with each finding explained and a fix recommended.
10 Password Management
Dark web monitoring
Company email addresses checked against known breach data, so exposed credentials are found and rotated before they can be reused against your systems.
06 Configuration Management, 08 Network Protection
Cloud misconfiguration checks
AWS, Azure, and GCP configurations checked through read-only access for risky settings in encryption, access, logging, and networking.
Beyond HITRUST
One program, several frameworks.
HITRUST builds on the frameworks healthcare buyers already recognize, so the work you do for it strengthens the rest of your program.
HIPAA
HITRUST is often how vendors prove their HIPAA program to health systems, since HIPAA itself produces no certificate.
SOC 2
Many health systems accept SOC 2 from smaller vendors. Starting there and mapping it into HITRUST later avoids repeating the work.
ISO 27001
The international certificate, with a management system around the same risk, access, and vulnerability work HITRUST assesses.
GDPR
Health data about people in the EU is special category data under GDPR, with obligations that sit alongside what HITRUST covers.
ISO 42001
AI features in clinical or administrative workflows raise governance questions about data and models that HITRUST alone does not answer.
Healthcare
How SecureSlate runs HIPAA, SOC 2, and HITRUST together for healthtech and healthcare vendors.
HITRUST guides
What your HITRUST assessment actually tests
Three guides your team can read before the scoping call, from the assessment types to how requirements are scored.
e1, i1, r2
The HITRUST CSF, certification, and the three assessment types explained
6 to 18 months
Typical phases and timelines from scoping to a first certification
Scoring
How the HITRUST scoring rubric decides which requirements apply and how they are rated
Resources
Read up before your scoping call.
Practical guides to HITRUST, from assessors to what certification costs.
FAQs
What teams ask before starting HITRUST certification.
Mostly vendors that handle sensitive health data for large health systems, payers, and pharmacy or benefits companies that require it by contract. If your buyers accept a SOC 2 report with HIPAA mapped into it, HITRUST can usually wait until a contract asks for it.
e1 covers essential cybersecurity hygiene and suits lower-risk vendors. i1 adds a broader set of leading practices. r2 is tailored to your specific risk factors, involves the most requirements, and is what the most demanding health systems ask for. Your customer's contract usually decides the level.
It depends on the level, your scope, and how mature your controls already are. First-time i1 and r2 certifications commonly take 6 to 18 months including readiness, remediation, the validated assessment, and HITRUST's quality assurance review, while an e1 with a strong existing program can move faster.
e1 and i1 certifications are valid for one year. An r2 certification is valid for two years, with an interim assessment required partway through the cycle.
Yes. The HITRUST CSF maps to those frameworks, so existing policies, controls, and evidence carry over, and we build only the requirements you do not already meet. Controls your cloud provider operates can often be inherited rather than tested again.
It is optional but useful. A readiness assessment shows where you stand against the applicable requirements before you pay for a validated assessment, which reduces the risk of missing the scores certification requires.
No. Validated assessments must be performed by a HITRUST authorized external assessor, and HITRUST reviews the results before certifying. We prepare your program and evidence and coordinate with the assessor you choose.
One fixed price agreed before work starts, covering the platform, the expert work, and the security scanning. The assessor's fees and HITRUST's own subscription and assessment fees are paid to them directly, and we give you a realistic range for them up front.
For most healthtech vendors, SOC 2 with HIPAA mapped into it satisfies buyers at lower cost. Move to HITRUST when a health system or payer requires it, and choose the level they ask for rather than starting at r2.
Compliance software gives you templates, integrations, and a dashboard, but your team still runs the program. A consultant brings the expertise, but evidence often stays manual once the engagement ends. SecureSlate combines both: a dedicated compliance lead who does the work on a compliance automation platform, with security scanning inside the same fixed price.
Find out what your HITRUST certification will take
Bring the assessment level your customer requires and the systems in scope. You will leave the call with a gap summary, a timeline, and a fixed price, whether or not you work with us.
