Healthcare
Healthcare security assessment and advisory for providers, payers, and health technology vendors navigating HIPAA, HITRUST, and state privacy requirements — delivered by practitioners who understand the operational reality of clinical environments.
HIPAA
Regulatory alignment
Healthtech
Application testing
CISSP
Advisory leadership
OSCP
Offensive specialists
Who we serve
Healthcare security is shaped by HIPAA, state privacy laws, and the operational demands of clinical environments. Convergent’s healthcare practice is built around the three audiences where that regulatory and operational depth translates into immediate value.
Hospitals, health systems, physician groups, and ambulatory care organizations managing patient data across clinical workflows, EHR systems, and connected medical devices. HIPAA compliance, breach readiness, and vendor risk at the scale of a multi-facility system.
Health insurance companies, managed care organizations, and benefits administrators processing claims, eligibility, and member data at volume. Regulatory examination readiness, third-party risk, and the security posture that plan sponsors and regulators expect.
EHR platforms, telehealth providers, health IT vendors, and SaaS tools embedded in clinical workflows. The vendor-assurance gate that determines whether a health system or payer will trust your platform with their patient data.
What is specific to healthcare
Healthcare security has its own logic. Generalist security firms know the controls. Specialist firms know which controls matter in a clinical environment — and how regulators, payers, and patients will respond when something goes wrong.
Unlike financial fraud, a healthcare data breach cannot be “undone.” Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and treatment history are permanent identifiers. The security posture has to prevent exposure, not just detect it.
HIPAA sets a regulatory baseline, but payer contracts, state privacy laws, HITRUST certification, and patient expectations all layer on top. A compliance-only approach misses the operational risk that actually matters.
Medical devices, legacy EHR integrations, and 24/7 clinical workflows create constraints that don’t exist in a standard enterprise. Controls need to work around patient care, not obstruct it.
Most significant healthcare breaches trace to third-party vendor exposure. EHR integrations, cloud-hosted clinical tools, and SaaS platforms embedded in care delivery all extend the attack surface beyond organizational boundaries.
Healthcare-specific service depth
Convergent’s healthcare practice runs across all three coverage pillars. These are the engagements where the vertical knowledge translates most directly into outcome quality.
Assurance
Comprehensive risk assessment aligned with the HIPAA Security Rule and OCR audit protocols. Administrative, physical, and technical safeguard evaluation with remediation prioritization.
Assurance
Web application and platform security testing for health technology vendors embedded in clinical workflows. EHR integrations, patient portals, telehealth platforms, and SaaS tools handling protected health information — tested by practitioners who understand both the application security surface and the healthcare regulatory context.
Offensive
External, internal, and application testing scoped to the operational constraints of clinical environments. Testing that respects patient care while exposing the vulnerabilities that matter.
Offensive
When a breach, ransomware event, or near-miss occurs in a healthcare environment. Post incident review, forensic analysis, regulatory notification support, remediation, and expert witness support for litigation — delivered by practitioners who understand HIPAA breach reporting timelines and the operational pressure of keeping clinical systems running during an incident.
Advisory
Fractional executive security leadership for healthcare organizations. HIPAA program oversight, board reporting, post incident review coordination, and vendor risk management by practitioners who know the regulatory landscape.
Advisory
For health systems and payers managing third-party risk across hundreds of vendors. Risk-tiered, evidence-driven, and tuned to the BAA and data-sharing requirements specific to healthcare.
Ready when you are
The first conversation is with a senior practitioner who understands HIPAA, HITRUST, and the operational reality of clinical environments. Bring your context; leave with a scoped proposal.