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Framework: HITRUST

The HITRUST Audio Course is a complete, audio-first guide to mastering the HITRUST i1 and r2 frameworks—two of the most widely recognized models for integrated risk and compliance management. Designed for both newcomers and seasoned professionals, this course translates complex assurance requirements into clear, plain-language lessons you can absorb on the go. Each episode walks through the structure and intent of the HITRUST frameworks, explaining how controls, maturity levels, and evidence

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Episode 81 — Internal QA Before Assessor Arrival

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2025/10/17

Internal Quality Assurance (QA) before assessor engagement ensures that all documentation, narratives, and evidence meet HITRUST’s rigorous expectations. Candidates must understand that pre-assessor QA functions as an internal audit, validating completeness, consistency, and alignment with PRISMA maturity scoring. This phase catches discrepancies before they reach formal testing, reducing rework and avoiding costly timeline delays. Evidence from internal QA often includes review checklists,

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Episode 80 — Narratives and Cross-Mapping Tables for r2

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2025/10/17

Narratives and cross-mapping tables serve as the backbone of documentation quality in r2 assessments. Candidates must understand that narratives describe how each control operates across systems, while cross-mapping tables show alignment with other frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or HIPAA. HITRUST assessors use these materials to verify accuracy, consistency, and control coverage. Well-written narratives ensure that even complex environments remain understandable to reviewers, while

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Episode 79 — Multi-Entity and Multi-System Scoping

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2025/10/17

Multi-entity and multi-system scoping under r2 addresses how HITRUST assessments can cover multiple organizations or systems within a single certification boundary. Candidates must understand that HITRUST allows aggregation when governance, policies, and controls are consistent and centrally managed. Each entity or system must demonstrate alignment to the same control requirements and maturity levels. Assessors verify that scoping logic is clearly documented, ensuring that certification

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Episode 78 — Physical Controls at Multi-Site Scale

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2025/10/17

At the r2 level, organizations often operate across multiple facilities, requiring consistent physical security management at scale. Candidates must understand that HITRUST expects evidence of standardized procedures for access control, surveillance, visitor management, and environmental safeguards across all locations. Policies must define how physical controls are monitored, maintained, and verified for effectiveness. Evidence includes site inspection reports, visitor logs, and

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Episode 77 — Workforce Management at r2

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2025/10/17

Workforce management under r2 elevates personnel security into an auditable, metrics-driven function. Candidates must understand that HITRUST requires organizations to maintain continuous oversight of workforce activities that affect data protection. This includes background verification, role-based access assignments, periodic training, and behavioral monitoring. Evidence must show that policies are consistently applied across employee, contractor, and vendor roles, supported by documented

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Episode 76 — Privacy Controls Interplay at r2

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2025/10/17

Privacy controls under r2 reinforce the principle that data protection extends beyond security—it encompasses lawful processing, consent, and transparency. Candidates must understand that HITRUST integrates privacy and security controls to ensure alignment between technical safeguards and regulatory expectations such as HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA. The r2 level requires organizations to prove that privacy controls are implemented, monitored, and reviewed as part of the same governance framework

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Episode 75 — Incident Management Metrics and Root...

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2025/10/17

Incident management under r2 requires a measurable, evidence-backed approach to identifying and resolving security events. Candidates must understand that HITRUST expects organizations to not only track incidents but analyze trends and underlying causes. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) ensures lessons learned translate into systemic improvements. Evidence includes incident logs, RCA documentation, and CAPs demonstrating remediation. Assessors evaluate whether these reviews are recurring and

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Episode 74 — Business Continuity and Disaster...

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2025/10/17

At the r2 level, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) processes evolve into fully managed programs that demonstrate organizational resilience. Candidates must understand that HITRUST requires formal governance, defined recovery objectives, and evidence of routine testing across business units and technology tiers. Plans must cover scenarios such as data center outages, ransomware attacks, and regional disruptions. Evidence includes BC/DR policies, test schedules, simulation

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Episode 73 — Network Segmentation and Zero Trust...

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2025/10/17

Network segmentation and Zero Trust principles form the architectural backbone of modern assurance under r2. Candidates must understand that segmentation limits the spread of compromise by dividing networks based on sensitivity and function, while Zero Trust eliminates implicit trust between zones. HITRUST assessors expect documented network diagrams, firewall configurations, and access control policies that demonstrate least privilege enforcement. Evidence should prove that segmentation

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Episode 72 — DevSecOps Pipelines as Evidence at r2

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2025/10/17

DevSecOps represents the convergence of development, security, and operations—a hallmark of modern compliance at the r2 level. Candidates must understand that HITRUST accepts automated DevSecOps pipelines as valid evidence when they demonstrate integrated security testing, code review, and deployment control. Automation within CI/CD processes allows organizations to prove repeatable, consistent application of security checks across releases. Assessors verify this through pipeline

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Episode 71 — Threat Modeling and Secure Design Concepts

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2025/10/17

Threat modeling at the r2 level ensures that security is built into systems proactively, not retrofitted after deployment. Candidates must understand that HITRUST expects organizations to identify, evaluate, and mitigate potential threats during system design and architecture stages. Effective threat modeling frameworks—such as STRIDE or MITRE ATT&CK—help identify attack vectors, assess likelihood and impact, and prioritize defenses. Evidence includes design documents, risk analysis

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Episode 70 — Logging and SIEM Architecture that Passes

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2025/10/17

At the r2 level, HITRUST expects organizations to maintain centralized, resilient logging and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) architectures. Candidates must understand that this control focuses on both technology and process—ensuring logs are collected from critical assets, normalized, correlated, and analyzed in near real time. Evidence includes system diagrams, retention policies, alert workflows, and audit trails showing continuous monitoring. HITRUST assessors verify

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Episode 69 — Data Lifecycle with PHI at r2

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2025/10/17

Managing the data lifecycle for Protected Health Information (PHI) under r2 requires comprehensive oversight from creation to secure disposal. Candidates must understand that HITRUST evaluates how organizations classify, retain, archive, and destroy sensitive data according to regulatory and business needs. This includes defining retention schedules, controlling replication across systems, and verifying secure deletion. Evidence must show consistent data handling aligned with privacy

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Episode 68 — Cryptography Program Governance at r2

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2025/10/17

At the r2 level, cryptography expands from technical implementation to strategic program governance. Candidates must understand that HITRUST requires organizations to document cryptographic responsibilities, key management lifecycle, and compliance with recognized standards such as FIPS 140-3. Governance involves formal key rotation schedules, encryption algorithm reviews, and periodic risk assessments to ensure continued adequacy. Evidence includes cryptographic policy documents, key

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Episode 67 — Vendor Risk Management at r2

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2025/10/17

Vendor risk management under r2 moves from procedural oversight to measurable, lifecycle-based assurance. Candidates must understand that HITRUST requires organizations to continuously assess and monitor vendors based on criticality and data access. This includes maintaining risk registers, collecting third-party assurance reports, and validating that vendor controls align with the organization’s own compliance obligations. Evidence must show that high-risk vendors undergo periodic

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Episode 66 — Configuration Management at r2

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2025/10/17

Configuration management under r2 ensures that systems remain secure, consistent, and aligned with approved baselines throughout their lifecycle. Candidates must understand that HITRUST expects detailed configuration standards for all system components, enforced through automated tools and verified by continuous monitoring. These baselines must address operating systems, applications, and network devices, eliminating insecure defaults and controlling configuration drift. Evidence includes

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Episode 65 — Vulnerability Management at r2

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2025/10/17

Vulnerability management under r2 demands mature, measurable processes that proactively identify, assess, and remediate weaknesses across systems and applications. Candidates must understand that HITRUST expects integration between scanning tools, patch management, and risk analysis frameworks. The objective is to maintain continuous visibility into vulnerabilities and demonstrate prioritization based on criticality and asset exposure. Assessors verify not only scan results but also

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Episode 64 — Evidence Sufficiency by Control Type

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2025/10/17

Evidence sufficiency defines whether documentation, observation, or testing adequately supports the control’s maturity rating. Candidates must understand that at r2, assessors apply differentiated testing approaches depending on control type—technical, administrative, or procedural. HITRUST’s QA requires that evidence explicitly demonstrates control execution over time, aligning with PRISMA criteria. Sufficiency depends on clarity, authenticity, and consistency across multiple evidence

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Episode 63 — Sampling Design for r2

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2025/10/17

Sampling under r2 involves structured statistical or judgment-based methods to validate control operation across representative populations. Candidates must understand that HITRUST expects sampling to be risk-based, with rationale documented for how items are selected and how results generalize to the full environment. The process ensures testing efficiency without sacrificing assurance quality. Assessors use sampling to evaluate repeatable control performance—such as access reviews, change

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Episode 62 — Inheritance and Shared Responsibility at r2

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2025/10/17

Inheritance and shared responsibility take on greater complexity under r2, especially for organizations leveraging multiple cloud or managed service providers. Candidates must understand that HITRUST allows inheritance when a third party provides a validated control aligned with the same assurance level. However, the inheriting organization remains accountable for verifying applicability, reviewing documentation, and ensuring alignment with its environment. Assessors evaluate how clearly

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