1stResponder

1stResponder

Speciality: Penetration Testing and Adversary Emulation

Nashville, United States 9 employees
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[01] About

Cybersecurity company specializing in incident response, digital forensics, penetration testing, and vulnerability management; 9 employees with 800% YoY growth; based in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 2019.

1stResponder is a Veteran and Minority owned cybersecurity consultancy that provides a wide range of cybersecurity services including but not limited to: • Digital Forensics • Incident Response • Managed Security Services • vCISO • Compliance Readiness and Program Management • Penetration Testing We help both private and government agencies with their cybersecurity needs.
[02] Services
Digital Forensics
Incident Response
Advisory Services (vciso)
24/7 Managed Detection And Response (mdr)
Penetration Testing And Adversary Emulation
HITECH And HITRUST Certification
[03] Certifications
HITECH
HITRUST

HITRUST Cybersecurity Certification


Origin


HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance) was founded in 2007 by a collaboration of healthcare, technology, and information security leaders. The organization created the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) to address the fragmented landscape of security and privacy regulations facing the healthcare industry. Recognizing that healthcare organizations were struggling to comply with multiple frameworks like HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO standards simultaneously, HITRUST developed a unified, certifiable framework that harmonizes these various requirements into a single comprehensive standard.


Industry Value and Importance


The HITRUST CSF certification has become the gold standard for demonstrating security and compliance in healthcare and beyond, now extending to financial services, retail, and other regulated industries. Organizations value HITRUST certification because it provides a standardized, risk-based approach that satisfies multiple regulatory requirements at once, reducing audit fatigue and compliance costs. The certification is particularly trusted by business partners and customers as third-party validation of an organization's security controls, often becoming a prerequisite for vendor relationships and contracts. Its prescriptive control requirements and rigorous assessment process make it more comprehensive than self-attestation models, giving stakeholders greater confidence in an organization's security posture.