Network Defense and Counter Measures

Running head: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Network defense and Counter Measures
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Analysis...........................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Introduction
The protection of health information of patients in healthcare sector is a very vital necessity for
healthcare organizations as it contains sensitive and confidential information regarding the health
of patients. The HIPPA act is considered as an effective act which helps in protecting
confidentiality of patient information though its effectiveness is hampered by several barriers and
challenges. This report focuses on the compliance of HIPPA standards and its effectiveness as
well as recommends a technical solution for protecting patient health information data.
Analysis
HIPPA compliance
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act commonly termed as HIPPA helps in
setting standards regarding protection of sensitive patient data. The organizations which deal
with Protected Health Information must possess physical network and process security measures
accordingly to comply with them and ensure HIPPA compliance. As stated by Birnbaum,
Borycki, Karras, Denham & Lacroix (2015) the covered entity or anyone who provides
treatment, payment and operations in healthcare organizations and business associates or anyone
who currently has access to the information of the patients comes under HIPAA and should
accordingly provide the required support regarding treatment, payment and operations by abiding
to HIPPA compliance standards. Various other entities in the healthcare sector such as the
subcontractors or any other related business associates must also abide by the compliances of
HIPPA. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, the HIPPA privacy
rule or Standards of Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information sets national
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