Protect patient care by finding your cybersecurity readiness gaps before an incident does.

K & K Houston Services helps healthcare organizations identify and prioritize cybersecurity, HIPAA compliance, downtime, and operational resilience risks through a focused Healthcare Cyber Readiness Assessment.

HIPAA-aligned · No obligation

The stakes

In healthcare, a security gap is a patient-care problem.

Healthcare is one of the most targeted industries in the world. When systems go down, care stops — and the cost lands on patients, staff, and your reputation.

Care disruption

Ransomware and outages can divert ambulances, delay procedures, and lock clinicians out of the records they need.

Compliance exposure

HIPAA and payer requirements keep shifting. Gaps mean audits, penalties, and hard questions from your board.

Stretched teams

Lean IT and security teams are asked to defend complex systems with limited time, budget, and specialized expertise.

Our core offer

The Healthcare Cyber Readiness Assessment

A focused assessment that helps healthcare leaders understand their most important cybersecurity, compliance, operational-resilience, and patient-care risks — before an incident forces the issue.

What we review

Where your risk really lives

  • Cybersecurity governance and risk ownership
  • HIPAA security and compliance readiness
  • Access, backups, recovery, and downtime preparedness
  • Vendor and third-party risk
  • Leadership awareness and incident decision-making
  • Risks that could interrupt patient care or business operations
What you receive

Leadership-ready deliverables

  • Executive Cyber Readiness Summary
  • Prioritized risk and gap register
  • Immediate action recommendations
  • 30-, 60-, and 90-day improvement roadmap
  • Leadership readiness briefing
  • Recommendations for remediation, ownership, and next steps
7–14 business days  after the engagement agreement is signed by both parties, the deposit is received, the required documents are provided, and the leadership interviews are scheduled.
Book a Cyber Readiness Discovery Session

A fixed-fee engagement, confirmed in your discovery session. A short, no-obligation call to confirm fit and answer your questions before you commit.

Know the difference

Free snapshot vs. the full assessment

The free snapshot reveals possible exposure. The paid assessment delivers depth, documentation, and a leadership-ready roadmap.

Free Security Risk Snapshot
Brief introductory reviewStructured organizational assessment
Based on a short questionnaire or conversationBased on stakeholder interviews and supporting evidence
Identifies broad areas of concernIdentifies and prioritizes specific readiness gaps
General next-step guidanceDocumented risk register and action roadmap
FreePaid engagement

The Healthcare Cyber Readiness Assessment evaluates readiness based on the evidence made available during the engagement. It is not a penetration test, certification, legal opinion, or a guarantee that an incident will be prevented or successfully managed.

Not sure which fits? Start with the free snapshot below, or book a discovery session and we'll help you decide.

The engagement

What the assessment looks like, start to finish.

No overwhelming audits or fear-selling — a clear, standardized process built for busy healthcare leadership teams.

Discovery session

A focused call to understand your organization, your concerns, and whether the assessment is the right fit — no obligation.

Readiness assessment

A 60-minute kickoff, up to three leadership interviews, and review of your key documents — scored across five healthcare-specific risk categories.

Executive briefing

After the engagement agreement is signed by both parties, the deposit is received, the required documents are provided, and the leadership interviews are scheduled, you receive your readiness summary, top five priority risks, and a 30/60/90-day action roadmap within 7–14 business days.

After the assessment

Where the assessment leads.

The assessment is the starting point. When you're ready to act on the findings, we can help you carry them out.

Included in the assessment

A roadmap you can act on

Your prioritized 30/60/90-day plan tells you exactly what to fix first, next, and later — with clear ownership recommendations.

Optional next step

90-Day Cyber Resilience Program

For organizations that want accountability, we help assign owners, track corrective actions, and drive measurable progress on your top risks.

As you need it

Ongoing advisory & guidance

Healthcare-specific expertise on call as threats and requirements evolve — so protection stays sustainable, not a one-time project.

Why leaders start here

Focused on one outcome: protecting patient care.

Healthcare-specialized, practical, and accountable to results you can measure.

100%Focused on healthcare cybersecurity
5Healthcare risk categories scored in every assessment
HIPAAAligned to healthcare compliance standards
Free monthly webinar

Attend the next Healthcare Cyber Readiness Briefing.

A free, vendor-neutral session for healthcare leaders on the risks that threaten patient care — and how to get ahead of them. This is the education pathway into the assessment.

"How ready is your healthcare organization for a cyber event that disrupts patient care?"

  • Where patient-care risk can hide across a healthcare security posture.
  • The five readiness domains the assessment scores — and which one carries the most weight.
  • What a real readiness assessment reveals that a standard IT review misses.

Who it's for: healthcare executives, IT and security leaders, and compliance and operations leaders.

Questions

What healthcare leaders ask us first.

How is the free snapshot different from the paid assessment?

The free security risk snapshot is a brief introductory review based on a short questionnaire — it points to broad areas of possible concern. The Healthcare Cyber Readiness Assessment is a structured, paid engagement based on leadership interviews and supporting evidence: it identifies and prioritizes your specific gaps and delivers a documented risk register, executive summary, and a 30/60/90-day roadmap.

We already have an IT team — why bring you in?

Great IT teams keep systems running; readiness assessment is a different discipline. We complement your team with healthcare-specific expertise and an objective, leadership-ready view of the risks that could disrupt patient care — so priorities are clear and defensible.

Is this only for large hospitals?

No — the assessment is designed for clinics, small hospitals, and smaller healthcare organizations. The scope and scoring are built to fit your size and risk, not a large enterprise's.

Will this help us with HIPAA and compliance?

Yes. HIPAA security and compliance readiness is one of the five categories we score, giving you a documented, defensible view of where you stand for audits, payers, and your board.

What happens in the discovery session?

It's a short, no-obligation conversation about your organization, your concerns, and your goals — and whether the assessment is the right fit. You'll leave with a clear sense of your biggest risk areas and how the assessment would help.

How quickly can we get started?

You can book a conversation now. The 7–14-business-day delivery period begins only after the engagement agreement is signed by both parties, the deposit is received, the required documents are provided, and the leadership interviews are scheduled.

Not ready to book?

Request your free security risk snapshot.

A quick, healthcare-specific preview of where your biggest exposures may be — and a taste of what the full Cyber Readiness Assessment uncovers. No cost, no obligation.

  • A brief, healthcare-specific look at your broad areas of risk.
  • Straight talk on whether a full assessment is worth your time.
  • A real person from K & K Houston Services — never a sales bot.

Get your free snapshot

Expect a response within one to three business days.

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See your readiness gaps before an incident does.

Book a Cyber Readiness Discovery Session and get a clear, healthcare-specific view of your most important risks — and a practical plan to reduce them.

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