ISC2's healthcare-specific security and privacy credential. The cert for security and privacy professionals in MY's hospitals, health insurance, telemedicine and digital-health startups — mapped to MOH PDPA, HL7 FHIR and HIPAA.
Where healthcare data stops being just personal data.
HCISPP is ISC2's healthcare-specific security and privacy credential. It is the cert for security and privacy professionals working in MY's hospitals, health insurance, telemedicine, hospital networks and digital-health startups — organisations bound by both PDPA and the special-category-data treatment of medical information.
At Nexperts, HCISPP is delivered as a 4-day intensive that walks the seven exam domains in real-world MY healthcare scenarios — KPJ Healthcare, IHH, MOH hospitals, BookDoc, DoctorOnCall, and digital-health players. By day 4 you've designed privacy controls for an EMR, run a hospital breach simulation and defended a third-party-risk programme.
MY's healthcare digitisation — telemedicine, MyHEALTH, MySejahtera — has created a real demand for privacy-and-security professionals who understand healthcare data specifically. HCISPP is the only cert that signals this dual literacy.
HCISPP is the most healthcare-specific cert in the global landscape. We map every conversation to MY's MOH-PDPA hospital framework, the GLC-hospital procurement guidelines and the digital-health regulatory environment in ASEAN.
Who should take this course
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Hospital IT / security leads
Owning EMR security and PDPA at hospitals and group networks.
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DPOs in healthcare
Owning data protection at health insurers, hospital networks, MyHEALTH.
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Digital-health startups
BookDoc, DoctorOnCall, Naluri, Klinik MyKad. Privacy is a moat.
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Health-insurance compliance
Allianz, AIA, Etiqa health-insurance teams. Claims data + privacy.
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Pharma compliance
Pharma data (clinical trials, real-world evidence). HCISPP is recognised.
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Healthcare auditors
CISA holders moving into healthcare-specific risk and compliance.
Prerequisites
✓ 2 years of cumulative paid work experience
✓ Experience must be in 1 of the 7 HCISPP domains
✓ 1 of the 2 years must be in healthcare-related work
✓ ISC2 endorsement required after exam pass
→ Don't yet meet experience? Pass the exam to become an ISC2 Associate; full cert grants when experience is met.
Course Curriculum
Seven domains. Healthcare-specialised.
HCISPP covers seven exam domains: Healthcare Industry, Information Governance & Risk, Information Risk Assessment, Third-Party Risk, Privacy & Security in Healthcare, Regulatory Environment, and Risk Management & Mitigation. We deliver in healthcare-flow order.
Healthcare Sims
8 sprints. Real MY healthcare scenarios.
HCISPP at Nexperts is delivered as case-study workshops grounded in MY healthcare. By day 4 you've worked through scenarios across hospitals, health insurance, telemedicine and digital-health startups.
01
Hospital Data Map
Map a tertiary hospital data flow end-to-end.
Industry
02
Risk Pack
Healthcare risk assessment for a 500-bed hospital.
Risk
03
BAA Drafting
Draft a Business Associate Agreement for an EHR vendor.
Vendor
04
De-Identification
De-identify a clinical research dataset for cross-border use.
Privacy
05
EMR Access
Design role-based + break-glass access for an EMR.
Privacy
06
Cross-Border
Cross-border patient-data flow for ASEAN telemedicine.
Regulatory
07
Breach Sim
Run a 72-hour hospital breach simulation.
Risk Mgmt
08
Insurance Claims
Privacy controls for a health-insurance claims platform.
Privacy
+ 8 micro-tasks across MOH PDPA, HL7 FHIR, HIPAA and GDPR Art. 9.
Exam Information
One exam. HCISPP.
HCISPP has one exam. 125 questions, 3 hours, scaled scoring. You need 700 / 1000 to pass.
HCISPP Exam
Questions125 multiple choice
Duration3 hours
Passing score700 / 1000 (70%)
FormatPearson VUE proctored
Validity3 years (CPE-renewable)
Industry avg pass rate~71% first attempt
Nexperts pass rate92% first attempt
Our 4-Mock Programme
01
Diagnostic
End of day 1. Sets the baseline. Average 58%.
02
Domain Drill
End of day 3. By-domain mock. Highlights weak areas.
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Full Mock
End of day 4. Full timed simulation. 75%+ before booking.
04
Clearance
Week after class. Final clearance. 80%+ before booking.
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Pass Rate
92% of our HCISPP candidates pass on first attempt.
The ISC2 global first-attempt rate for HCISPP sits around 71%. We hit 92% by drilling MY-specific healthcare scenarios and gating booking on a clearance mock.
MY hospital-contextHL7 FHIR awareness92% first attemptFree retake voucherISC2 aligned
Why our pass rate is 92%
Industry average: ~71%
Most candidates can recite HIPAA but cannot adapt to MY's MOH PDPA framework or design BAA clauses for an EHR vendor under timer. The healthcare-specific reasoning trips most.
Nexperts: 92%
We work MY healthcare scenarios for 65% of class time. We drill the regulatory mapping. We gate booking on a clearance mock. By exam day, healthcare-data thinking is reflex.
Your Healthcare-Privacy Path
HCISPP pairs with CISSP and CDPSE.
HCISPP stacks naturally with CISSP for security breadth, CDPSE for privacy-engineering depth, or CISA for healthcare-audit roles.
Expected salary range after HCISPP + 3 years experience: RM 8,500 – RM 14,500/month for hospital-IT-security and digital-health DPO roles in MY.
Student Reviews
What our HCISPP graduates say.
4.7
★★★★★
46 reviews
5★
36%
4★
7%
3★
1%
★★★★★
"HCISPP at Nexperts is the only course in MY that maps healthcare specifically. The MOH PDPA modules are gold for any KPJ-style or hospital-network role."
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Siti Fatimah
Privacy Lead · KPJ Healthcare
✓ Passed first attempt
★★★★
"Coming from CISSP, HCISPP felt like a vertical specialisation. The BAA drill and de-identification lab were directly applicable on the first sprint after I returned to the office."
RV
Ramesh Velan
Information Security Manager · IHH Healthcare
✓ Passed first attempt
★★★★★
"Best instructor on the topic in MY. Clearly works in healthcare day-to-day — the EMR access-control conversations alone were worth the course."
NM
Nazirah Mansor
DPO · BookDoc
✓ Passed first attempt
★★★★★
"I was the first DPO at our digital-health startup. HCISPP gave me the credibility to build the privacy programme from scratch and pass our first procurement audits."
JT
Joel Tan
Founding DPO · Naluri
✓ Passed first attempt
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