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Fortified Health Security always meets their agreed price, so they never come back and ask for...

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Fortified Health Security has always met or exceeded our expectations. And the firm’s communication...

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Fortified Health Security is a very flexible organization. In the cybersecurity realm, we have some...

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Sometimes, the internal communication isn't as good as Fortified Health Security's external...

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Fortified Health Security has taken us through a couple of cyber incidents and near misses and...

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Fortified Health Security is very up front about everything, and our relationship has been good. We...

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On the consulting side, we hear a lot from the firm that they are going to do certain things for us...

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Fortified Health Security has been doing everything that they said they were going to do and doing...

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The firm’s staff is very timely in terms of responding and getting back to us. We very rarely wait...

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The firm always tells us that if something doesn’t feel natural, we can make a change. The firm...

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We looked at quite a few other firms, but Fortified Health Security’s offering was the full package....

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The firm was flexible with us and negotiated quite well. They listened to what my organization could...

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I would tell a friend that the firm executes everything they say they are going to. They go above...

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Fortified Health Security is very easy to work with. They are here to truly help. They never shame...

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The representatives from Fortified Health Security act as if they are an extension of my team. The...

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Tools and Methodology

Fortified Health Security could do even better if they offered some comparative risk reports from...

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I would consider the ability to establish a rapport and a relationship to be at the heart of...

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ROI and Cost

We have engaged with Fortified Health Security for our security risk audit. We are extremely...

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Some tests came at an extra cost, but we knew that going in. We were given a price from Fortified...

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Fortified Health Security’s services have been timely, and their leadership has been involved all...

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Tools and Methodology

Fortified Health Security works with a vendor that provides training, and that training is lacking...

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If anything, we will probably increase our use of Fortified Health Security’s services. We are an...

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The firm is helping us develop a very tangible product that will help us when incidents arise. They...

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The firm stands out to me because they routinely have a roundtable meeting with the leads in each...

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We haven't seen anything specific for healthcare security from the firm. Nothing from Fortified...

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The consultants that came out and did a physical assessment for us were great. They worked very...

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I think the firm probably would have done better if we had allowed them to, but our organization is...

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One challenge that I faced with Fortified Health Security was getting reports on time. We sometimes...

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Sometimes our facilities didn’t feel they were given the attention that they deserved in the risk...

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Fortified Health Security is excellent. I highly recommend them. They are a good resource for us. I...

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If we needed a log of an incident from Fortified Health Security, we would have to buy that service...

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People and Knowledge

Fortified Health Security needs to engage with the other members of the IT department as well as the...

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I would like access to some of the scanners and the ability to initiate those scans at a smaller...

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CIO

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In the realm of consulting, when we are working through the risk assessment, there are definitely...

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CIO

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When we were working with Fortified Health Security, there was a shift in our consulting team that...

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The firm meets my expectations. I have had prior experience with the firm, so I haven't been...

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In terms of strategic ability, the firm does as well as they can. It is impossible for consultants...

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The firm was not acquired, but there was another party that had some ownership in the company, and...

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There are several individuals in the firm that I consider to be trusted advisors. And if I remain in...

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One of the wins we have had with the firm happened when we went through a rough time with our PCs....

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I have no problems with Fortified Health Security. I have recommended their security and privacy...

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The things I like the most about the firm are that they are very knowledgeable and very...

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The firm comes in already understanding how healthcare IT needs to operate. They have adapted to our...

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The extent to which the firm went during a pen test was one of the big things that stood out to us....

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The firm is exceptionally good at responding when we need an answer for something. They prioritize...

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Fortified Health Security's customer focus is high; they are very good. We are pleased with the...

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Fortified Health Security scanned the network and provided a report of all of the vulnerabilities....

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The problem is that our organization doesn't always follow Fortified Health Security's...

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People and Knowledge

A few years ago, Fortified Health Security went through a batch of problems and was having personnel...

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I have talked to a lot of people at Fortified Health Security, and I know their names but not their...

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Fortified Health Security has been a good partner. They don't have any skin in the game when they...

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Tools and Methodology

Fortified Health Security does an excellent job of providing additional reports or services after an...

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Fortified Health Security is healthcare-centric. They walk us through what is coming, how to plan...

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Fortified Health Security will make sure that we get the best bang for our buck. They look forward...

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Fortified Health Security gives us some consulting advice and recommendations. We have ultimate...

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We had an incident, and Fortified Health Security was able to sit down with us and walk us through...

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Fortified Health Security does a thorough job with pen testing. They get a different tester each...

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The firm's services tend to cost a lot, but we can afford them. The turnaround time is fairly quick...

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The consultants’ brains don't always work like my brain, but they take the time to help me...

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Director

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There have been a few times when Fortified Health Security has been very slow with their...

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People and Knowledge

Fortified Health Security does some very undermining things that my executive team does not approve...

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Fortified Health Security just does what they say they will do. When I work with their team on the...

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People and Knowledge

Each year that we have worked with Fortified Health Security, we have gotten a little better. The...

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My work with Fortified Health Security is ongoing. My greatest concern is any potential exposure of...

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Fortified Health Security avoids nickel-and-diming. Going into the year, I know what the amount will...

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People and Knowledge

When we were going through a negative experience with one of Fortified Health Security's resources,...

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I look to Fortified Health Security to help me get smarter in my area of work so that I can do a...

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When we were initially looking for a firm to work with, we considered a few different groups, but...

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Manager

Project Results

The firm was pretty good at helping us reduce risk. They did a phenomenal job of adapting to our...

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The firm avoids charging for every little thing. I haven't seen anything that is questionable or ridiculous....

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I wouldn't be very likely to recommend Fortified Health Security for this service because there are...

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Fortified Health Security does an in-depth review of policies and procedures to make sure everything...

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I like that when we tell Fortified Health Security what we are doing for our security, they don’t...

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We are a healthcare organization, but sometimes, Fortified Health Security's questions might be more...

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Fortified Health Security is extremely thorough. On one hand, it is great to be extremely thorough....

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CIO

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The project was complex, but Fortified Health Security made it so simple. They got things working....

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CIO

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Fortified Health Security really listened to us, and I appreciated that. They had listening sessions...

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CIO

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The only negative thing about Fortified Health Security is that I never hear from them. I get their...

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Fortified Health Security is always there to help. The assessments don't just tell us what is wrong....

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People and Knowledge

One of the people we work with at Fortified Health Security is a rock star. That person's services...

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CIO

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Fortified Health Security helps by evaluating what we aren't taking advantage of, taking the money...

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Our consultant applies their past personal experiences and industry knowledge that they have with...

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Fortified Health Security feels like a small company because they only deal in healthcare. They...

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Fortified Health Security partnered with CloudWave, and CloudWave is a pretty large strategic...

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The engagement with Fortified Health Security gave us a good introduction to the NIST framework....

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We are pretty happy with Fortified Health Security. We actually looked at moving and switching over...

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What I like about what Fortified Health Security has done is that it doesn't really stop with one...

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We had to implement software, and there was a time crunch. We were able to lean on Fortified Health...

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We took a part of what Fortified Health Security was doing for us in-house. We had really good...

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Future Outlook

The firm helped to put malware defense tools on our machine, and everything has worked out really...

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People and Knowledge

The firm is really familiar with Cerner, their partner. And Fortified Health Security was helping me...

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People and Knowledge

We did run into a few hiccups. One consultant was working with me on a project. But after a while,...

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The firm’s quotes and packages were very inclusive. I didn't run across a single instance where we...

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I am in the middle of a lot of projects, and the firm has been very good and very patient in keeping...

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I have nothing bad to say about Fortified Health Security. I have always been interested in the...

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My expectations were pretty low going in. My background is outside of healthcare, so any firm that I...

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The quality of the staff was good. When I had a question for someone in the firm’s staff and it...

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Lessons Learned

If one of my peers were considering using Fortified Health Security, I would give the peer the...

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Fortified Health Security has been absolutely awesome to work with. We have round-table discussions...

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Director

Project Results

Fortified Health Security drew helpful conclusions from the risk assessment they performed to point...

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Other Observations

There are limitations to what Fortified Health Security can do in the assessor role, and that may be...

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Tools and Methodology

Each year, Fortified Health Security does work that is more mature and goes a little deeper. We...

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People and Knowledge

The firm's consultants are very knowledgeable and responsive. I find value in the firm. They are the...

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Project Results

The firm is always on time or ahead of time in terms of their project timelines. The firm provides...

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We can get the answers we need very quickly. The firm has been very responsive to any questions we...

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