HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Services
Identify Risk and Strengthen HIPAA Compliance with Confidence
Clark Schaefer Consulting provides independent HIPAA Security Risk Assessments for healthcare organizations that need a clear, defensible understanding of risk across systems handling electronic protected health information (ePHI).
Our assessments identify security vulnerabilities, evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls, and deliver a prioritized roadmap for reducing risk and strengthening HIPAA compliance.
HIPAA Risk Assessment Scope
Our HIPAA Security Risk Assessment evaluates administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to identify risks to ePHI across your environment.
We review governance structure, risk management processes, vendor oversight, identity and access controls, system configuration, vulnerability exposure, logging, monitoring, and facility security where applicable.
We also evaluate how security controls function in practice, including workflows, system integrations, and third-party interactions that may introduce exposure.
Independent Security Validation Approach
Our assessments are built to validate real-world security performance, not just documented controls.
We identify gaps between policy and execution, including legacy workflows, vendor dependencies, and access paths that may not be fully controlled or monitored.
This independent review provides a more accurate and defensible view of HIPAA security risk across your organization.
Assessment Outcomes
Identify and prioritize risks to ePHI
Uncover vulnerabilities across systems, workflows, and access points, then rank them based on real-world impact and likelihood. Not all risks carry the same weight and knowing where to focus first is what turns an assessment into a plan your team can act on.
Validate whether existing controls are operating effectively
Go beyond documentation to confirm that controls are functioning as intended in day-to-day operations. Having policies in place is different from having controls that work, and the gap between the two is often where compliance breaks down.
Support HIPAA compliance with defensible documentation
Provide clear, audit-ready findings that demonstrate how risks are identified, evaluated, and addressed. When regulators or auditors ask questions, your documentation should tell a complete and credible story without requiring you to scramble for answers.
Reduce exposure to regulatory, operational, and breach-related risk
Address gaps before they lead to compliance issues, disruptions, or potential data incidents. Proactive risk management is far less costly than responding to a breach or defending against regulatory action after the fact.
Build a clear remediation roadmap aligned to real-world risk
Receive a prioritized, actionable plan that focuses on the most critical risks first. Rather than leaving you with a long list of findings and no direction, we help you understand what to tackle now, what can wait, and how to make measurable progress.
The result is a clearer understanding of security posture and a structured path to improvement.
Contact Clark Schaefer Consulting to schedule a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment and receive a clear, prioritized understanding of your organization’s risk exposure and compliance posture.