Free Initial HIPAA Readiness Conversation
Use a no-cost initial conversation to identify visible gaps in PHI handling, access, Microsoft 365 or cloud security, backups, vendors, policies, and incident readiness—and decide whether a deeper risk assessment is warranted.
CISO-led guidance from Ali Hassani, backed by 25+ years of IT, cybersecurity, compliance, and infrastructure experience.
A focused video briefing for leaders and IT teams working through this page.
HIPAA Compliance Video Series · Episode 06
Use this concise briefing alongside the guidance on this page to connect hipaa risk analysis with clear evidence, accountable ownership, and a practical next action.
A free HIPAA compliance assessment is an initial review of your organization’s HIPAA readiness, PHI security posture, documentation gaps, vendor exposure, and Security Rule safeguard concerns.
OC Security Audit helps healthcare leadership and IT teams convert uncertainty into a practical action plan. The assessment can help determine whether you need deeper support such as a HIPAA compliance consulting engagement, documented risk assessment, Microsoft 365 security audit, firewall review, vulnerability assessment, or vCISO advisory support.
The conversation usually covers HIPAA gap analysis, Security Rule readiness, PHI safeguards, vendor and BAA exposure, and the cybersecurity roadmap needed after the initial review.
This free assessment is for initial guidance only and does not replace a professional HIPAA Security Risk Assessment, cybersecurity audit, penetration test, legal review, or compliance attestation.
The initial review focuses on high-impact HIPAA and cybersecurity areas that often create audit risk, breach exposure, workflow problems, or documentation gaps.
Review ownership, policies, workforce training, incident procedures, sanction policy, risk management activity, and leadership oversight.
Discuss user access, MFA, administrator privileges, audit logs, email security, encryption, patching, endpoints, Microsoft 365, Azure, and backups.
Evaluate workstation security, device protection, office access, server or network equipment access, screen locking, media disposal, and backup handling.
Review whether vendors that handle PHI are inventoried, Business Associate Agreements are tracked, and third-party access is limited and monitored.
Discuss how your team responds to ransomware, lost devices, unauthorized access, misdirected email, vendor incidents, suspicious logins, and exposed PHI.
Translate technical findings into leadership-ready next steps for owners, CEOs, compliance officers, practice managers, and IT leaders.
A focused video briefing for leaders and IT teams working through this page.
HIPAA Compliance Video Series · Episode 09
Use this concise briefing alongside the guidance on this page to connect hipaa risk analysis scope with clear evidence, accountable ownership, and a practical next action.
The process is designed to quickly clarify your current state, major risks, and the best next step without overwhelming your team.
Describe your organization, HIPAA concerns, systems, timeline, and business objective.
Review PHI workflows, users, vendors, cloud platforms, email, backups, and documentation.
Highlight safeguard, access, policy, vendor, documentation, and security concerns.
Decide whether a full HIPAA risk assessment, security audit, remediation plan, or vCISO support is appropriate.
The goal is not to overwhelm your team. The goal is to identify the highest-risk HIPAA and cybersecurity gaps and move toward a practical remediation plan.
These free tools can help your team organize concerns before a professional review. They are starting points, not substitutes for a full audit or formal HIPAA risk analysis.
Review HIPAA safeguards, PHI exposure, access controls, policies, vendors, and incident readiness.
Clarify whether HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, NIST, ISO, CMMC, or IRS WISP concerns apply to your organization.
Check administrator roles, risky accounts, MFA, emergency access, and cloud identity controls that may affect ePHI.
Review backup coverage, ransomware recovery, restore testing, retention, and business continuity readiness.
Primary care, urgent care, imaging, therapy, and specialty practices often need help reviewing ePHI workflows, staff access, EHR use, backups, and Microsoft 365 security. Start with cybersecurity for healthcare clinics or the HIPAA consulting page.
Dental offices handle PHI through scheduling, billing, imaging, email, portals, and third-party services. Review dental-specific exposure through cybersecurity for dental offices and the free HIPAA readiness tool.
Behavioral health providers need careful access control, private communications, secure records, vendor oversight, and incident readiness because patient confidentiality risk can be especially sensitive.
Business associates that process billing, claims, records, cloud platforms, EHR support, or IT services should review BAAs, access boundaries, audit logs, subcontractors, and incident responsibilities.
Managed service providers supporting healthcare clients can use OC Security Audit for independent HIPAA security review, documentation support, and technical audit guidance for covered-entity clients.
OC Security Audit supports organizations in Irvine, Orange County, Los Angeles County, and Southern California that need practical HIPAA, cybersecurity, cloud, and compliance guidance.
Ali Hassani brings 25+ years of IT, cybersecurity, compliance, Microsoft infrastructure, firewall security, vulnerability management, cloud security, and healthcare IT experience to HIPAA readiness conversations. The assessment is designed to connect compliance language to practical controls your team can understand and improve.
Created by Ali Hassani, CISO — 25+ years of IT, cybersecurity, compliance, and infrastructure experience.
OC Security Audit focuses on HIPAA readiness, cybersecurity audits, risk, and compliance guidance. When findings turn into practical IT projects, IT Perfection can support implementation, troubleshooting, managed IT, Microsoft 365, backup, endpoint, and network infrastructure work as practical operational follow-through.
When HIPAA findings require implementation work, IT Perfection can support Managed IT Services, Microsoft 365 Support, Backup and Disaster Recovery, and Network Infrastructure as separate operational projects.
| Area | Free HIPAA Assessment | Full HIPAA Risk Assessment or Consulting Engagement |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Initial consultation and visible gap discussion. | Documented review with deeper evidence collection, scoring, and remediation planning. |
| PHI workflows | Discuss major systems, data flows, vendors, and concerns. | Map ePHI systems, users, vendors, risks, safeguards, and remediation ownership. |
| Security controls | Identify obvious access, MFA, email, endpoint, backup, and logging concerns. | Review specific configurations, evidence, policies, control maturity, and gaps. |
| Deliverable | Business-friendly next-step guidance. | Formal report, risk register, prioritized roadmap, and evidence-based recommendations. |
| Best fit | Organizations that need a starting point. | Organizations preparing for audits, remediation, board reporting, cyber insurance, or formal risk management. |
A focused video briefing for leaders and IT teams working through this page.
HIPAA Compliance Video Series · Episode 13
Use this concise briefing alongside the guidance on this page to connect hipaa evidence readiness with clear evidence, accountable ownership, and a practical next action.
Yes. OC Security Audit offers a free initial HIPAA compliance assessment and consultation to help healthcare organizations and business associates understand major gaps, cybersecurity risks, PHI safeguard concerns, and recommended next steps.
No. The free assessment is an initial review and consultation. A full HIPAA Security Risk Assessment is a deeper documented process that may include evidence review, ePHI inventory, risk scoring, control assessment, remediation planning, and formal reporting.
CEOs, business owners, practice managers, IT managers, compliance officers, privacy officers, security officers, healthcare providers, and business associates that handle PHI or ePHI should schedule the assessment.
No. OC Security Audit provides HIPAA readiness, risk assessment, gap analysis, documentation support, cybersecurity review, remediation planning, and advisory services. This service is not a legal opinion, attestation, certification, or guarantee of HIPAA compliance.
Yes. The assessment can help determine whether Microsoft 365, email security, identity, MFA, administrator roles, cloud storage, audit logs, backup, and access controls require a deeper technical review.
After the free assessment: If a deeper engagement is appropriate, OC Security Audit will recommend the smallest practical scope—typically the HIPAA Readiness Baseline starting at $2,500, the HIPAA Security Risk Analysis and Remediation Roadmap starting at $6,500, or the HIPAA Audit-Ready Security Program starting at $12,500. Final scope, schedule, and pricing are confirmed in a written statement of work. The free conversation remains useful even if no paid engagement follows. Review the HIPAA package options.
Protecting PHI requires more than good intentions. Start with a focused HIPAA readiness conversation and understand what your organization should improve first.
Use this assessment as the starting point, then continue into the deeper guides that explain scope, rules, evidence, vendors, and remediation planning.
If the team is still defining responsibility, review What Is HIPAA? and Who Must Comply With HIPAA?. These guides explain PHI, ePHI, covered entities, business associates, and why small practices still need a documented security program.
For practical control planning, continue with HIPAA Rules Explained and HIPAA Documents and Evidence Checklist. Together, they help turn rule language into policy, access, training, backup, vendor, and incident-response proof.
Use HIPAA Policies and Procedures and Most Ignored HIPAA Security Requirements when the organization needs a page that matches the actual business environment, software stack, PHI storage locations, and day-to-day workflow.
When the team is ready to assign owners and dates, use the HIPAA Compliance Roadmap. For hands-on guidance from Ali Hassani, CISO, contact OC Security Audit.
