Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Security and Technology

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Table of Contents
A) Legal issues related to mishandling of information of patients by the mobile
teams of NTN............................................................................................................................3
B. Ethics in Information Security of the Staff of information Security Division of MTN
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C) Security measures to help employees from handling information unethically.............6
D (i) Components of Information Technology.......................................................................7
(ii) International Standards of information technology....................................................8

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A) Legal issues related to mishandling of information of patients by the mobile teams of
NTN
According to Gastin (1994) patient’s information or medical record should be kept in private
and confidential between the patient and the medical practitioner. However legal issues may
arise upon mishandling of a patient’s medical history.
 The risks of medical malpractice claims.
Doctors and nursing students are at risk of medical malpractice during the adoption of a
patient’s medical records. Risk of error increases during the “implementation schism,” or
during the transition from a familiar system to a new one. Electronic medical records can
either help or hurt the doctors and nursing student’s case against malpractice claims
(Schwartz, 2013).
• Likelihood of medical errors.
Too much reliance on an electronic medical record can result in small mistakes that
eventually lead to medical errors. Computers are applicable today in most of the organization.
Medical facilities sometimes experience data loss or low network connection. The servers
which contain patient’s records become difficult to access; these would force a doctor to treat
patients without any medical history. Furthermore, doctors may give a wrong dosage by a
mistake which would lead to drug abuse by patients (Hayward & Hofer, 2001).
• Risk by medical students
Nursing students have no experience; they might administer a wrong drug to patients leading
to persistent illness or even deaths in some severe cases.

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• Theft and unauthorized access to medical facilities.
Health information faces the risk of theft and unauthorized access which poses major legal
risks. In the US, the government has discovered HIPAA and HITECH violations as an ample
avenue to recover funds and bring money back into a financially-addled government (Bansal
& Gefen, 2010)
• Practical tips for healthcare leaders.
Hospital administrations need to devote more strategy to ensure doctors and nursing students
are well informed concerning compliance and legal risks. This begins with the training
process which is not easy for the doctors and nursing students given their traditional modus
operandi. The hospital needs to develop specific programs to ensure the doctors and nursing
students don’t risk legality out of ignorance (Leatt & Porter, 2003).
B. Ethics in Information Security of the Staff of information Security Division of MTN
Ethics are the rules we should live by or having a good understanding of what is appropriate
behavior, the following are ethics related to MTN
Ethical Standards.
• Utilitarian approach- A functional activity that connects outcomes to decisions.
• Rights Approach- good practice which best secures rights for people affected by the
occurrence.
• Equity Approach- These are activities which have certain rules which respect every single
person similarly.
• Virtue approach- Moral activities ought to be predictable with perfect ethics, for example,
trustworthiness, bravery, empathy, liberality, resistance, love and so forth.