Health Care Security Consultants

What Health Care Security Consultants does

Healthcare Security Consultants, Inc. (HSC) is a privately held boutique professional services firm founded in 2001 (with operating roots dating to 1981) and headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The firm provides security consulting services exclusively to healthcare organizations, with a core portfolio that includes security program assessments, training programs in workplace violence prevention and regulatory compliance (TJC, OSHA, CMS, NCMEC), expert witness testimony, security design integration for new construction and renovation, and program transition/talent acquisition. HSC has completed well over 200 objective consultations across 45 states and Washington D.C., serving facility sizes ranging from 50-bed rural sites to 1,000+ bed academic medical centers, and across segments including governmental, educational, trauma, suburban, and rural healthcare providers.

The firm operates a services-only model with no software product, API, or proprietary platform. Its underlying technology consists of proprietary assessment methodologies, a recommendation tracking system provided to clients, and documentation frameworks applied during on-site engagements. Delivery is on-site at client facilities, supported by remote analysis, report preparation, and follow-up consulting; revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees plus incidental publishing revenue from articles, white papers, and educational materials.

HSC's go-to-market is a direct enterprise field sales motion, with engagements initiated through referrals, RFP responses, and direct outreach. Marketing is concentrated in thought-leadership channels: LinkedIn publishing by President Thomas A. Smith, articles in HF&M magazine, conference seminars for IAHSS/ASIS/ASHE/ASHRM/AHA-affiliated groups, and an extensive testimonials corpus drawn from senior security and public safety executives at major systems. The company has a five-person consultant bench led by Smith (President) and founder-advisor Fredrick G. Roll, with credentials spanning CHPA, CPP, CHEP, and CHSP.

Name

Health Care Security Consultants

Legal name

Healthcare Security Consultants, Inc.

Website

https://healthcaresecurityconsultants.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Healthcare Security Consultants (HSC) is a Chapel Hill, NC-based boutique consulting firm that helps hospitals and health systems develop defensible security programs through assessments, training, expert witness testimony, and security design integration, having completed over 200 engagements across 45 US states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Security Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Security Consulting, Risk Assessment & Security Program Design (BPABAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Security Strategy & Program Advisory (BPAKADAA), Security Risk Assessment, Auditing & Security Consulting Training (BPAKAOAH), Executive/Board Security Advisory & Risk Briefings (BPAKADAK)

Keywords

• Healthcare security consulting
• Security program assessment
• Workplace violence prevention
• HIPAA compliance consulting
• Expert witness services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chapel Hill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Security Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements including security program assessments, training programs, expert witness services, workplace violence program development, and security design consultation. Engagements appear to be project-based with potential for follow-up services and ongoing advisory relationships.
2. Publications and Educational Materials: Revenue generated through published articles, white papers, and educational resources on healthcare security topics. Publications include workplace violence prevention guides, OSHA compliance materials, and security design guidelines.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Healthcare Security Consultants provides professional security consulting services to hospitals and healthcare systems, including comprehensive security program assessments, focused evaluations of high-risk areas (ED, Behavioral Health, Pharmacy, Infant/Pediatric units), training programs, expert witness testimony, workplace violence program development, and security design consultation for new construction and renovation projects. Engagements are project-scoped and delivered on-site across the United States.

Product overview

Healthcare Security Consultants (HSC) provides professional consulting services for healthcare organizations rather than a software product. The company offers a unified portfolio of security consulting services including Security Program Assessments (general reviews, focused high-risk area assessments, electronic systems evaluation), Training Services (workplace violence, patient elopement, regulatory compliance), Expert Witness Services, Workplace Violence Program Development, Security Design Consultation for construction projects, and Talent Acquisition/Program Transition services. These service offerings are delivered by a team of experienced healthcare security consultants and are designed to help healthcare facilities develop and maintain defensible security programs compliant with TJC, OSHA, CMS, and NCMEC requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Security Program Assessments

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ consultations completed across 45 states and D.C.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HSS Inc. HSS is a healthcare-specialized security and safety solutions provider offering security program consulting, managed security services, and technology integration to hospitals and health systems—directly overlapping HSC's core assessment and program development work.
• Hillard Heintze: Hillard Heintze is a security risk and threat management consulting firm offering security program assessments, workplace violence consulting, and expert witness services across multiple sectors including healthcare—a direct professional services peer to HSC.
• Guidepost Solutions: Guidepost Solutions provides security consulting, expert witness and litigation support, and security program design across healthcare, corporate, and government clients, directly competing with HSC in healthcare security advisory and expert witness services.

Broad incumbents

• Securitas Healthcare (formerly Stanley Healthcare): Securitas Healthcare provides electronic security, patient safety, and security program consulting to hospitals at scale, offering both technology platforms and advisory services that overlap with HSC's electronic security systems evaluation and program assessment work.
• Control Risks: Control Risks is a global risk consultancy offering security program design, threat and workplace violence advisory, and crisis management consulting to large enterprises including healthcare systems—a broader-scope competitor in the security advisory market.
• Kroll: Kroll provides security risk consulting, expert witness services, and security program assessments globally, with healthcare sector engagements that overlap HSC's healthcare-focused consulting and expert witness offerings.
• Deloitte (Healthcare Security & Risk practice): Deloitte's healthcare risk and regulatory practice provides enterprise-wide security program assessments, compliance advisory, and transformation services to large health systems—a large-firm competitor for enterprise healthcare security engagements.
• Booz Allen Hamilton (Healthcare Security): Booz Allen Hamilton provides healthcare security, emergency management, and compliance consulting to federal and large health system clients, competing for larger enterprise healthcare security transformation mandates that HSC also targets.

Others

• International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS): IAHSS is the primary professional association for healthcare security leaders, providing certifications (CHPA) and industry standards that HSC's consultants hold and reference—relevant ecosystem peer rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Paladin Security (Healthcare Division): Paladin Security is a Canadian-headquartered security services firm with a healthcare vertical offering security program consulting, guarding, and electronic security solutions to hospitals—comparable service mix but primarily Canadian market operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/healthcare-security-consultants-inc-
• Facebookfacebook.com/Healthcare-Security-Consultants-Inc-1435574223347142

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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