Commusoft

Facility Access 6 - Is there a mechanism(s) in place to restrict physical access to electronic devices, including mobile devices that contain or can access ePHI?

3rd Party Access Controls 2 - Are there procedures for terminating or changing 3rd party access when the BAA, contract, or relationship ends or changes?

Business Agreements 1 - Does the organization have a list of all business associates and vendors with access to ePHI, and is there a Business Agreement in place with each partner, contractor, and vendor that recognizes each party's responsibility for data protection?

Facility Access 1 - Is there a procedure or mechanism to control the access of staff, vendors, and 3rd party personnel to critical equipment (network devices, servers, etc.) and are staff educated about the process?

Business Agreements 2 - Is there a Business Agreement in place with each partner, contractor, and vendor that ensures disclosure if the 3rd party experiences a cyber attack, data breach, of other security event?

3rd Party Access Controls 3 - Do the organization's Business Agreements clearly identify which vendors, partners, suppliers, 3rd party organizations will or may have access to ePHI, how they will use it, and their commitment to protecting it?

3rd Party Access Controls 1 - Are unique credentials used for 3rd party, partner, contractor, and/or vendor access to systems that connect to the organization's domain?

Equipment Changes - Are network changes and equipment changes documented and updated appropriately?

Business Agreements 3 - Do Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) describe how the businesses will communicate security/network/and interface technology changes and events to one another?

Business Agreements 4 - Does each BAA give assurance(s) that the partner or vendor will follow best practices and/or compliance to protect ePHI/PCI/PII?

Segmentation - Are there mechanisms in place to segment the organization's internal network from any shared network space occupied by vendors and partners?

Establishes how to respond to and recover from incidents.

Allows voluntary reports of cyber threats.

Change-control processes and procedures are followed for all changes to system components.