Cove Data Protection

Maintaining a List of Service Providers (12.8.1)

Written Acknowledgement of Service Provider Responsibility (12.9)

Policy Reviews and Updates (12.1.1)

Managing Service Providers (12.8)

Personnel Education (12.6.1)

A formal risk management process is established to evaluate risks based on identified threats and specified tolerances. This process includes defining risk assessment methodologies, risk categories, and evaluation criteria.

Risk assessments are performed at least annually during security committee management meetings and include evaluations of the following: -Organizational structure, capability, capacity, reporting lines, authorities, and responsibilities. -Environmental, regulatory, and technological changes that have occurred. -The need for additional tools and resources to achieve business objectives. -Threats and vulnerabilities affecting the achievement of commitments to clients.

Results of the risk assessment, including identified risks and recommended actions, are communicated to the respective owners to ensure accountability for addressing risks.

Identified risks and associated action items are documented and tracked through an ongoing risk register to monitor progress and ensure timely resolution.

GV.PO-01: Policy for managing cybersecurity risks is established based on organizational context, cybersecurity strategy, and priorities and is communicated and enforced

GV.PO-02: Policy for managing cybersecurity risks is reviewed, updated, communicated, and enforced to reflect changes in requirements, threats, technology, and organizational mission

PR.AA-01: Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization

PR.AA-03: Users, services, and hardware are authenticated

PR.AA-05: Access permissions, entitlements, and authorizations are defined in a policy, managed, enforced, and reviewed, and incorporate the principles of least privilege and separation of duties

Business Continuity Plan 2 - Does the organization have a documented plan to receive, access, maintain, and record PHI in the event of a digital failure, and restore those records electronically after an incident has been recovered from?

Business Continuity Plan 1 - Does the organization have a Business Continuity Plan that identifies business critical services and data sets needed to continue patient/client service?

Creates an EU-level oversight structure for critical vendors.

Criteria used to designate providers as critical.

Grants oversight authorities various supervisory rights.