LightEdge, a leader in compliant cloud and colocation for more than 25 years, has expanded its HITRUST partnership, adding HITRUST certifications for four additional data centres and publishing a HITRUST Shared Responsibility Matrix (SRM).
Developed jointly by HITRUST and LightEdge, LightEdge’s SRM clearly defines security and privacy responsibilities between LightEdge and its customers, which in turn streamlines processes for risk management programmes. LightEdge is one of only 14 companies globally that have published a HITRUST SRM. This latest addition of four HITRUST certifications means that all 11 LightEdge data centres are now HITRUST certified.
HITRUST was established in 2007 to help mitigate the risks associated with a data breach of personal health information. One of the most widely adopted security frameworks in the healthcare industry, HITRUST certification demonstrates that systems within LightEdge’s environment meet the information risk management and compliance requirements to protect healthcare data.
To achieve HITRUST certification, providers must undergo an extremely rigorous process. According to HITRUST, upwards of 80% of US hospitals and 85% of US health insurers use the HITRUST approach to help with HIPAA compliance.
Not only does LightEdge offer HITRUST-compliant data centres but it can also help its customers achieve their own HITRUST certifications. LightEdge is one of only 39 organisations worldwide that are part of the HITRUST Inheritance Program, which allows customers to inherit relevant LightEdge controls and put them toward their own HITRUST assessments.
