HITRUST CSF Assessor

The HITRUST Assessor is responsible for conducting Gap Assessments, Readiness Assessments, and Validated Assessments against the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF). The role involves close collaboration with client organizations to evaluate, guide, and validate their security posture and compliance with HITRUST requirements.

Requirements

• Define assessment scope, objectives, and applicable HITRUST CSF controls based on organization type and regulatory factors.
• Conduct kick-off meetings with clients to explain assessment approach, timelines, and expectations.
• Perform initial gap analysis to identify control deficiencies against HITRUST CSF requirements.
• Evaluate current state of policies and procedures, security controls implementation, risk management practices.
• Provide actionable recommendations and remediation roadmap.
• Support client in prioritization of gaps based on risk and compliance impact.
• Assess the organization’s preparedness for HITRUST Validated Assessment.
• Validate implementation status of controls and supporting evidence.
• Identify residual gaps and weaknesses.
• Provide detailed readiness report including control maturity levels, missing evidence, improvement recommendations.
• Guide clients on documentation and evidence expectations.
• Perform formal HITRUST CSF Validated Assessment in accordance with HITRUST guidelines.
• Conduct control testing and validation, including sampling techniques, evidence verification, interviews with stakeholders.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of assessment data in HITRUST tools (e.g., MyCSF).
• Review client-provided documentation including policies, SOPs, and standards, risk assessments and treatment plans, logs, reports, and system configurations.
• Ensure documentation meets HITRUST CSF requirements, is consistent, complete, and up to date.
• Identify documentation gaps and inconsistencies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients throughout the engagement.
• Provide guidance on control implementation strategies, industry best practices, compliance alignment (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA).
• Support clients in remediation planning and closure of findings.
• Clarify HITRUST requirements without compromising assessor independence.
• Conduct on-site or remote assessments as required.
• Perform physical security walkthroughs, system demonstrations, interviews with process owners.
• Collect and validate audit evidence to support control effectiveness.
• Prepare comprehensive assessment reports, including control scores and maturity ratings, observations and findings, non-conformities and gaps.
• Submit validated assessment to HITRUST via required platforms.
• Address QA feedback and HITRUST queries during review process.
• Ensure assessments comply with HITRUST CSF methodology, internal QA requirements, ethical and independence standards.
• Participate in internal peer reviews and quality checks.
• Maintain assessment documentation and audit trail.
• Stay updated with HITRUST CSF updates, regulatory changes, emerging cybersecurity risks.
• Contribute to internal knowledge base, methodology improvements, training and mentoring junior assessors

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching