Security & Compliance
PCI DSS, HIPAA, CMMC 2.0, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and HITRUST all share one truth: the standards now expect security to be continuous, not a once-a-year scramble. Kortech builds the required controls into your environment, and keeps them part of everyday operations so you stay compliant between audits, not just during them.
Why it matters
Whether you take card payments, handle patient records, work on defense contracts, store client data in the cloud, or operate in financial services, the underlying expectations are the same, know what sensitive data you hold, control who can reach it, protect it, watch for trouble, and be able to prove it. We translate the regulations into a practical set of controls your team can actually live with.
The frameworks
Here's what each one is, who needs it, and how we help you meet it.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard protects cardholder data for any business that stores, processes, or transmits credit-card payments, hotels, restaurants, retail, and medical offices included.
The HIPAA Security Rule governs how healthcare providers, plans, and their business associates safeguard electronic protected health information (ePHI), covering access control, encryption, risk analysis, and incident response.
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification protects Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) across the defense supply chain. If you do business with the DoD, it's becoming a requirement to bid.
SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2) is an AICPA framework that shows technology and service providers safeguard customer data across five Trust Services Criteria: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
The HITRUST CSF harmonizes HIPAA, NIST, ISO 27001, PCI, and other standards into one certifiable set of controls. It's widely adopted in healthcare to prove security and compliance to partners with a single assessment.
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program standardizes how cloud services are security-assessed, authorized, and continuously monitored for use by US federal agencies. It's built on the NIST SP 800-53 control set.
At a glance
| Framework | Who it's for | What it protects | Kortech's role |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCI DSS | Anyone who accepts card payments, hospitality, retail, medical, services. | Cardholder data (card numbers and payment information). | Scoping, segmentation, gap remediation, and assessment support. |
| HIPAA | Healthcare providers, health plans, and their business associates. | Electronic protected health information (ePHI). | Risk analysis, safeguards, encryption, and audit-ready documentation. |
| CMMC 2.0 | DoD contractors and subcontractors handling FCI or CUI. | Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information. | NIST 800-171 assessment, SSP & POA&M, and certification readiness. |
| SOC 2 | Technology and service providers that hold customer data, SaaS, MSPs, and cloud vendors. | Customer data, judged against the AICPA Trust Services Criteria. | Control design, evidence gathering, and SOC 2 examination readiness. |
| HITRUST CSF | Healthcare organizations and vendors that need to prove security to partners. | Sensitive data, judged against a harmonized set of controls. | Assessment scoping, control implementation, and validated-assessment readiness. |
| FedRAMP | Cloud service providers selling to US federal agencies. | Federal data hosted in cloud environments. | NIST 800-53 control mapping, documentation, and continuous monitoring. |
Our approach
A clear, repeatable path from "where do we even stand?" to "we're compliant and staying that way."
A gap analysis maps your current state against the standard and pinpoints what's missing.
We implement the required controls, access, encryption, monitoring, and more, across your systems.
Policies, procedures, and evidence assembled so you can prove compliance when asked.
Continuous monitoring and automated evidence collection keep controls in place and you ready for the next audit.
Compliance as a lifestyle
The newest versions of these standards all point the same direction: continuous compliance. The controls that satisfy an auditor are the same ones that keep you secure every day, so we build them into how your environment runs, then keep them running.
That's the advantage of pairing compliance with our managed services: the safeguards don't drift out of place between assessments.
Why Kortech
A lot of firms will hand you a report and walk away. Because we're PCI & HIPAA Qualified Security Assessors and CMMC 2.0 certified, and we manage IT environments every day, we don't just tell you what's wrong. We fix it, document it, and keep it compliant.
Start with a compliance assessment. We'll benchmark your environment against PCI, HIPAA, CMMC, SOC 2, FedRAMP, or HITRUST and give you a clear, prioritized path to compliant, and a plan to stay there.
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A free compliance assessment shows you exactly what's required for PCI, HIPAA, CMMC, SOC 2, FedRAMP, or HITRUST, and how we'll get you there and keep you there.