The Health Information Trust Alliance, an industry consortium, will offer on its Web portal the security vulnerability and configuration assessment software of nCircle, a San Francisco-based security software vendor.
The alliance, called HITRUST, is a coalition of providers, payers, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms that has developed the Common Security Framework for electronic health information. The framework is an attempt to standardize health information technology security practices. It includes a best practices security implementation manual, a standards and regulations cross-reference matrix, and a readiness assessment toolkit, among other services.
The HITRUST Central portal is an online community to enable the sharing of knowledge and tools. The cost of the initial common framework and online community starts at $1,875 for a five-user license.
Now, HITRUST will offer nCircle's security vulnerability and configuration software via the portal for a discounted additional fee, based on the number of devices scanned per quarter.
HITRUST three weeks ago entered a similar agreement with Archer Technologies, an Overland Park, Kan.-based vendor of I.T. governance, risk and compliance management software.
More information is available at hitrustcentral.net.
--Joseph Goedert
JUN 12, 2009 11:57am ET
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