HITRUST Shared Responsibility: Assigning privacy and responsibility on the cloud - Help Net Security

HITRUST, a leading data protection, standards development, and certification organization, announces the general availability of the HITRUST Shared Responsibility Program and Matrix Version 1.0.


The Matrix is the first ever common model for communicating and assigning security and privacy responsibility between cloud service providers (CSPs) and their tenants or customers.


The Matrix is part of the HITRUST Shared Responsibility Program, which was established to address the growing misunderstandings, risks, and complexities when leveraging service providers.


The Shared Responsibility Program clarifies the roles and responsibilities regarding ownership and operation of security controls while automating and streamlining the assurance process when privacy and security controls are shared or inherited.


Organizations will benefit from streamlined communication processes as well as reduced inefficiencies and burdens of compliance when leveraging services from cloud providers.


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