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NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- As the dramatic rise in breaches, theft of patient health data and increasingly complex regulatory environment continues to put health care organizations and their business relationships under intense pressure and scrutiny regarding security and privacy, Deloitte, a global leader in risk consulting and security advisory services, today announced it has been designated as a Common Security Framework (CSF) Assessor status from the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST). HITRUST's CSF is the first information technology security control framework developed explicitly for health care information. As a CSF Assessor, Deloitte expands its ability to serve clients that process, store, transmit and use protected health information, as well as other sensitive information. In particular, Deloitte will be able to assist clients in streamlining their security and compliance processes, remediating information security gaps and complying with the HIPAA security rule, HITECH Act and sta