Regulatory Compliance is an Ongoing Process
Businesses today exist in a complex and shifting landscape of changing regulatory requirements. Your organization may be affected by one or more of the following standards:
| Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance Data Security Standard | Details specific requirements for controls on access to credit card data. The PCI compliance standard also requires businesses to install and maintain secure systems and applications, monitor and log access to the network, and institute recurring testing of security systems and processes. |
| Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) | Governs the handling of patient health information by medical providers and their business partners. |
| The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act | Takes the requirements of HIPAA an order of magnitude higher, mandating an ongoing process of re-evaluation and documentation. |
Meeting these requirements isn’t a one-time ordeal, but an ongoing process involving multiple iterations of security improvements. And while your in-house IT staff knows your systems best and are essential to the process of achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance; an experienced outsider can prove invaluable in helping you do so efficiently and cost-effectively.
Regulatory compliance requires planning, design and business process changes, as well as a clear-eyed examination of business governance and company culture, which may prove somewhat difficult for more tenured staff members.
Services for Achieving and Maintaining Regulatory Compliance
Oxford Consulting Group provides cost-effective services and solutions designed to help you meet regulatory requirements and gain the ability to independently obtain and maintain compliance in-house. We’ll help you achieve and maintain PCI, HIPAA and HITECH compliance through assessments and services that include:
- Assessing your organization’s compliance status and governance processes
- Identifying gaps in compliance, and providing remediation strategies to address the gaps
- Creating effective strategies to achieve and maintain regulatory compliance within your budget
- Conducting security reviews to ensure the configurations of your servers, firewall, switches, and workstations meet regulatory requirements
- Developing new policies or recommending improvements for your current policies and procedures
- Developing education and awareness programs to ensure that your employees understand and follow your policies and procedures
Your Regulatory Compliance Services Partner
Through our experienced and knowledgeable consultants, we’ll help you meet and/or maintain PCI, HIPAA and HITECH compliance in a cost-effective manner. Contact us to discuss getting started with a regulatory compliance assessment for PCI, HIPAA and HITECH, as well as other IT Risk Management services to help you achieve your goals.
