
Although the Health Information Trust Alliance’s certification (HITRUST CSF) started with Healthcare, its relevance is beginning to reach across different markets.
HITRUST is a not-for-profit organization focused on safeguarding sensitive information and managing information risk. Its certification is a framework intended to provide organizations with a “comprehensive, flexible and efficient approach to regulatory compliance and risk management” by meeting multiple regulations and standards
In a world consumed with data privacy and security concerns unfolding alongside every industry’s digital transformation, organizations are looking for trustworthy
HITRUST is a not-for-profit organization focused on safeguarding sensitive information and managing information risk. Its certification is a framework intended to provide organizations with a “comprehensive, flexible and efficient approach to regulatory compliance and risk management” by meeting multiple regulations and standards
In a world consumed with data privacy and security concerns unfolding alongside every industry’s digital transformation, organizations are looking for trustworthy HITRUST CSF
benchmarks for themselves and their partners, HITRUST may be the correct solution for most organizations in the Banking and Finance industry.
As the needs of regional financial institutions change to support a broader means of connectivity to their audiences and engaging their customers, telephony is undergoing a fundamental overhaul industry-wide. Today every application player is in the telephony space, so there’s less allegiance to the traditional players and more focus on security as the market differentiator.
benchmarks for themselves and their partners, HITRUST CSF may be the correct solution for most organizations in the Banking and Finance industry.
As the needs of regional financial institutions change to support a broader means of connectivity to their audiences and engaging their customers, telephony is undergoing a fundamental overhaul industry-wide. Today every application player is in the telephony space, so there’s less allegiance to the traditional players and more focus on security as the market differentiator.

Today, digital banking involves a lot more than just an online web portal; it also incorporates automated transfers via chatbots over text, video tellers in physical branches as well as virtual banking appointments and emerging deposit technology.
And the more points-of-contact customers come to expect from their banks, the more types of technology those banks will need to deploy — and, potentially, the more tech vendors they’ll have to review. In this evolving ecosystem, it makes sense that HITRUST certification would start to become significant for those in financial services; even though it’s not specifically geared toward that industry.
This crossover also points to a broader need for heightened security standards and benchmarks in all industries, especially in the age of data privacy and mitigating attacks. Unfortunately, many companies
develop technology for evolving models of communication and then add on a security element at the end, rather than baking it into the design from the start. That model is no longer enough to adequately ensure security, so in the meantime, highly regulated industries (like healthcare and banking) need an overarching standard they can look to in relation to the increasing number of technology partnerships they’re employing. Healthcare has long had HIPAA compliance, and in recent decades the HITRUST certification. Now banking can look to the HITRUST benchmark as well to help quickly decipher what it means to create a “secure” digital banking solution.
develop technology for evolving models of communication and then add on a security element at the end, rather than baking it into the design from the start. That model is no longer enough to adequately ensure security, so in the meantime, highly regulated industries (like healthcare and banking) need an overarching standard they can look to in relation to the increasing number of technology partnerships they’re employing. Healthcare has long had HIPAA compliance, and in recent decades the HITRUST certification. Now banking can look to the HITRUST benchmark as well to help quickly decipher what it means to create a “secure” digital banking solution. HITRUST CSF
develop technology for evolving models of communication and then add on a security element at the end, rather than baking it into the design from the start. That model is no longer enough to adequately ensure security, so in the meantime, highly regulated industries (like healthcare and banking) need an overarching standard they can look to in relation to the increasing number of technology partnerships they’re employing. Healthcare has long had HIPAA compliance, and in recent decades the HITRUST certification. Now banking can look to the HITRUST benchmark as well to help quickly decipher what it means to create a “secure” digital banking solution. HITRUST CSF