Lumen21 Recertifies its HITRUST CSF Certification to Further Mitigate Risk in Third Party Privacy, Security and Compliance
HITRUST Certification validates Lumen21 continues to be committed to meeting key healthcare regulations and protecting sensitive private healthcare information.
Orange, CA, October 30, 2017 -
Lumen21, a leading provider of security and compliance as a service for regulated industries, today announced the Lumen21 Managed Services and Hosted Cloud Infrastructure have earned Certified status for information security by the Health Information Trust (HITRUST) Alliance. With the HITRUST CSF Certified Status, the Lumen21 Managed Services and Hosted Cloud Infrastructure meets key healthcare regulations and requirements for protecting and securing sensitive private healthcare information.
HITRUST CSF Certified status indicates that Lumen21 Managed Services and Hosted Cloud Infrastructure have met industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk, and places Lumen21 in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification. By including federal and state regulations, standards and frameworks, and incorporating a risk-based approach, the HITRUST CSF helps organizations address these challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls.
“Healthcare providers are under great pressure to meet complex compliance requirements that include technical and process elements such as HIPAA, NIST, ISO and COBIT,” said Eduardo Don, Jr. President and CEO, at Lumen21. “The HITRUST CSF is the gold-standard that needs to be met, and Lumen21 is pleased to be able to demonstrate its commitment by achieving HITRUST CSF Certification. This latest effort is our recertification of our previous Certification we achieved a few years ago as we continue to embrace and show our leadership in the compliance space.”
“HITRUST has been working with the industry to ensure the appropriate information protection requirements are met when sensitive health information is accessed or stored in a cloud environment,” said Ken Vander Wal, Chief Compliance Officer, HITRUST. “We are pleased that Lumen21 has taken the steps necessary to achieve HITRUST CSF Certified status, and we expect their customers to have confidence in this designation.”
About Lumen21
Lumen21 is an award-winning global technology firm focused on delivering the highest quality IT managed services to its clients. Lumen21's depth of experience, industry best practices, and focus on innovation means their clients benefit from less complex, professionally managed technology infrastructures and applications. Organizations requiring compliance with federal or industry regulations (e.g. HIPAA, NIST, PCI DSS, FFIEC, etc.), gain improved visibility and control over their applications and data with Lumen21's innovative Azure or AWS based HITRUST certified Compliant Cloud Computing solution and its Office 365+ Compliant service offering. To learn more, visit www.lumen21.com
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