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Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) represent identified gaps that must be tracked until they are fully remediated. Even if an organization remediates a CAP after an assessment is completed, the CAP remains part of the final validated report for transparency. The report will show the CAP along with its remediation status and closure details, but it cannot be deleted or excluded. This ensures stakeholders have a complete history of deficiencies and the corrective actions taken. CAPs demonstrate accountability and continuous improvement, which are central to HITRUST’s assurance model. Removing them would diminish trust and obscure the remediation journey, which is why HITRUST prohibits their removal post-assessment.

Readiness assessments, including the i1 Readiness Assessment, are not formally submitted to HITRUST QA. Instead, they are internal preparation exercises intended to help organizations identify gaps, plan remediation, and get ready for a validated assessment. QA reviews are reserved for validated assessments (e1, i1, and r2) that are submitted for certification or validated reports. Readiness results can be used by management or shared with business partners informally, but they are not validated by HITRUST. This distinction preserves HITRUST QA resources for validated assurance activities and emphasizes that readiness is an organizational self-assessment step.

The Readiness Assessment is designed to give organizations flexibility when evaluating their security and compliance posture. Unlike validated assessments, which are bound by specific methodologies, thresholds, and QA requirements, the readiness format allows entities to scope assessments more freely. This includes the ability to select any HITRUST authoritative source, such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NIST, ISO, or GDPR, for self-assessment purposes. The readiness option is often used for gap analysis, remediation planning, and preparing for a future validated assessment. Since the results are not submitted to HITRUST QA, organizations can tailor the assessment to their needs without external restrictions. Neither e1, i1, nor r2 assessments provide this level of flexibility, as those validated assessments are standardized and tightly controlled.

The HITRUST e1 and i1 assessments are streamlined, moderate-effort assurance models designed to evaluate an entity’s implementation of essential cybersecurity hygiene controls. These assessments focus on baseline security practices recognized across industries as foundational for protecting sensitive information. The e1 is intended for smaller organizations or those with limited resources, covering a subset of controls that address basic hygiene. The i1 provides expanded coverage beyond e1, testing against controls deemed critical for medium assurance levels. By contrast, the r2 is the most rigorous and risk-tailored assessment, covering a broader and more detailed control set. Targeted assessments are specialized and do not focus broadly on hygiene. Therefore, the e1 and i1 assessments are the correct answers.