Armanino Achieves Approved HITRUST CSF™ Assessor Designation

SAN RAMON, Calif. (November 7, 2017) – Armanino LLP , one of the top 25 largest accounting and business consulting firms in the U.S., today announced that it has been designated as an approved HITRUST CSF™ Assessor by HITRUST™. With this achievement, Armanino is now approved to provide services using the HITRUST CSF™, a comprehensive security framework that addresses the multitude of security, privacy and regulatory challenges facing organizations to comply with healthcare (HIPAA, HITECH), third-party (PCI, COBIT) government (NIST, FTC) and other industry specific regulations and standards.

“We are pleased to have Armanino as an approved HITRUST CSF™ Assessor to help organizations with the process of adopting and utilizing the HITRUST CSF™’s requirements and give their customers confidence in the protection of their information,” said Ken Vander Wal, Chief Compliance Officer, HITRUST™. “The company’s long-standing expertise and leadership in IT privacy and security solutions make it an excellent addition to our program.”

Approved HITRUST CSF™ Assessors are critical to helping uphold information security and privacy standards for various industries of varying size and complexity and are a core component of the HITRUST CSF™ program by providing trained resources to assess compliance with security control requirements and document corrective action plans that align with the HITRUST CSF™ approved HITRUST CSF™ Assessors such as Armanino serve as a key component of the program by providing assessment and remediation services to all industries that deal with PHI and/or PII.