ecfirst,( www.ecfirst.com) home of The HIPAA Academy, specializes in delivering IT services to the health care and financial industries. ecfirst, in business since 1999, was recognized as an Inc. 500 fastest growing privately held business in the United States in its first year of eligibility. With a consistent annualized growth rate of over 115%, ecfirst and the HIPAA Academy have established an organization with deep hands-on experience in IT services and a who’s who client list that includes BCBS affiliates, several hospitals, federal, state and county governments/agencies and hundreds of other organizations. ecfirst is a minority owned Targeted Small Business certified by the State of Iowa.
Over the years, ecfirst has formed strategic partnerships with RSA, IBM, ISS, Sun and CompTIA. The business employs over 30 professionals with a diversity of skilled backgrounds that include Web application development, InfoSec consulting, HIPAA consulting, project management, risk analysis and contingency planning. In addition, the organization has a dedicated team of employment recruiters focused on fulfilling client staffing project requirements.
ecfirst has designed and implemented world-class solutions for many leading firms in the government, health care, financial, and insurance arenas. These solutions have been deployed using a combination of the following technologies and frameworks:
- HIPAA Regulations
- RSA Security, ISS, Checkpoint, Cisco, Axent, and Nortel Products
- Fingerprint-based biometrics solutions
- Java Application Framework (JSP, EJB, JDBC, JavaBeans)
- IBM e-business Applications Framework
- Unix, Linux, Windows NT/2000 and AS 400 systems
- Microsoft Visual Studio.Net
The HIPAA Academy delivers solutions in the areas of security risk analysis, vulnerability assessment, wireless security, contingency planning, professional services, advisory services, InfoSec policy development, audit and evaluation and HIPAA training and certification. HIPAA Academy clients include hospitals, long term care and other providers, insurance firms, BCBS affiliates, several State governments, including the State of Oregon, Iowa and Illinois, as well as many county governments. Please refer to the HIPAA Academy PDF Brochure of Services for a detailed description of services and capabilities.
HIPAA Academy ’s Certified HIPAA Security Specialist (CHSS)™ program is a fast-growing certification program whose attendees include CISSPs, RSA Security and many hospitals and government agencies. The HIPAA Academy’s Seven Steps to HIPAA Security Compliance™ has been adopted by many organizations as the framework/road-map for complete, end-to-end, security. The HIPAA Academy InfoSec templates provide the basis of policies and procedures of many organizations. Please visit the e-store for more information.
The co-founder of the organization, Uday Ali Pabrai, CISSP, CHSS, is a renowned expert in Information Security and regulatory compliance. Ali is the creator of BizShield™: The Seven Steps to Enterprise Security as well as HIPAAShield™: The Seven Steps to HIPAA Security Compliance Methodology. Ali is a subject matter expert with practical, real-world experience. Ali’s twenty years of security experience enable us to move quickly and effectively to deal with our clients’ security needs. He acts as a regulatory compliance and security subject matter expert to our team on both security and HIPAA related client initiatives.
Access to timely information that can be accessed securely is increasingly becoming as valuable as the stethoscope in the health care industry. Physicians, nurses, patients, and all end clients need immediate access to vital information. IT is not a luxury but a critical necessity in the health care industry. The services that the HIPAA Academy specializes in are:
Employing talented and motivated individuals
with the proper skill set is a key focus for ecfirst.
ecfirst is a privately owned Corporation headquartered
in Waukee, Iowa with an additional corporate office
in the Newport Beach, California. You will find
ecfirst to be an organization of humility that
labors hard to execute client initiatives
Talk to us today about how we can assist your initiatives, address your challenges. We can be reached at
1.877.899.9974 x17.
