The Cognizant Healthcare Business Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS) Solution recently earned HITRUST CSF Certification. This accreditation demonstrates that Cognizant’s Facets and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure hosting data center and the QTS Disaster Recovery Data Center have met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and are appropriately managing risk.

“Protecting sensitive information in today’s high-threat environment is vital for healthcare payers,” said Surya Gummadi, SVP and Global Head of Healthcare, Cognizant. “This achievement places Cognizant in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification, and assures our clients that Cognizant is responsibly managing and adequately protecting their sensitive data.”

Implemented in 2007, HITRUST has championed programs that safeguard sensitive information and manage information risk for global organizations across all industries and throughout the third-party supply chain. By including federal and state regulations, standards, and frameworks, and incorporating a risk-based approach, the HITRUST CSF helps organizations address risk and compliance challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls.

Learn more about the HITRUST CSF certification here.