Technology Leader Expands HIPAA-related Consulting Services, Ali Pabrai, CEO, ecfirst offers webinar on Disruptive Business Risk
Ramsey, NJ – May 26, 2016 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce that the company’s partner in HIPAA and cyber security consulting, ecfirst, has been designated by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) as a Common Security Framework (CSF) Assessor. Konica Minolta and ecfirst, are a leading provider of, and partner for Cyber Security Risk Assessments, Vulnerability Assessments and HIPAA & Compliance education. Konica Minolta and ecfirst have assisted healthcare customers in their HIPAA compliance efforts, and now, as a designated HITRUST CSF Assessor, can offer a new level of risk and regulatory compliance assessment.
The HITRUST CSF addresses a multitude of information security, privacy and regulatory challenges facing healthcare organizations in order to manage risk and comply with healthcare (HIPAA, HITECH), third-party (PCI, COBIT) and government (NIST, FTC) regulations and standards. CSF Assessors are critical to helping uphold information security and privacy standards for the healthcare industry and a core component of the HITRUST CSF program. This is enabled by providing trained resources to healthcare organizations of varying size and complexity to assess compliance with security control requirements and document corrective action plans that align with the CSF.
The HITRUST CSF is the most widely adopted security framework in the healthcare industry, and HITRUST CSF Assessors are the only organizations approved by HITRUST to perform CSF-related services associated with the HITRUST CSF Assurance program.
“Healthcare organizations must deal with a host of industry data privacy and security regulations that are constantly evolving,” said Kevin Kern, Konica Minolta’s senior vice president, business intelligence solutions and product planning. “Through our partnership with ecfirst, we can now provide high trust services consistent with where the industry is heading and help our healthcare clients mitigate IT security risks to protect sensitive patient data and meet compliance standards.”
“The risk to patient information has never been higher,” said Uday Ali Pabrai, ecfirst chief executive. “As a HITRUST CSF Assessor, and through our partnership with Konica Minolta, we can now deliver deeper services to secure sensitive information and ensure compliance mandates are continually maintained.”
Join Ali Pabrai, CEO, ecfirst, AKA HIPAA Academy in the following webinar:
As HIPAA violations and data breaches continue to mount, the need for a comprehensive and thorough HIPAA compliance strategy is more important than ever.
Please join this complementary webinar event where Konica Minolta will share examples of ransomware attacks on healthcare; rising and disruptive HIPAA fines; class action lawsuits, but more importantly, how you can arm your organization to minimize these threats and risks.
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Webinar Registration: HIPAA Risk = Disruptive Business Risk! |
About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in information management focused on enterprise content, technology optimization and cloud services. Our portfolio of offerings deliver solutions to improve our customers’ speed to market, manage technology costs, and facilitate the sharing of information to increase productivity. The All Covered IT Services division offers a range of IT strategy, support, project and cloud computing solutions across all verticals. Konica Minolta has won numerous awards and recognition, including placement in the Leaders Quadrant on the Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services (MPS) and Managed Content Services (MCS). Konica Minolta has been recognized as the#1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for nine consecutive years. Konica Minolta, Inc. has also been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for four years in a row. For more information, please visit: www.countonkonicaminolta.com and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter @konicaminoltaus.
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