For the Health Systems, Inc. hospital you also are responsible for creating a security and privacy plan. The purpose of your plan is to describe standards that help ensure the privacy and integrity of the many different facets of a network.
Include the following in your 5–6-page security and privacy plan:
- Create an enterprise-wide network security plan for the above mentioned organization.
- Describe the most common vulnerabilities, risks, and issues that your plan will address.
- Include policies that protect the hardware and physical aspects of the network.
- Identify hardware areas that need to be secured.
- Describe steps that will be taken to ensure the security of the operating systems and network files.
- Discuss measures that are necessary to protect the transfer of data for the remote employees
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For the Health Systems, Inc. hospital you also are responsible for creating a security and privacy plan. The purpose of your plan is to describe standards that help ensure the privacy and integrity of the many different facets of a network.
Introduction
The HIPAA Confidentiality Policy is a must if your organization wants to maintain the privacy and integrity of its data. This policy will help ensure compliance with the many regulations set forth by HIPAA as well as outline how access controls are implemented within your hospital.
The plan should include the following:
The plan should include the following:
Purpose. Your goal is to ensure that the system can provide safe and effective care while respecting patient privacy.
Exposure risks. You must identify any exposure risks related to your organization, including those that might result from unintentional disclosures or data breaches. These exposures might include theft of patient information or fraud against patients or providers who have access to sensitive data (e.g., medical records).
Disclosure statement/auditing information/access controls
Purpose
The purpose of your plan is to describe standards that help ensure the privacy and integrity of the many different facets of a network.
The plan must have a statement of purpose that clearly explains why the company needs this plan.
The plan must have a statement of purpose that clearly explains why the company needs this plan.
You need a security and privacy plan.
The purpose of your plan is to describe standards that help ensure the privacy and integrity of the many different facets of a network. The security and privacy plan must have a statement of purpose that clearly explains why the company needs this plan. The statement should include details about how you intend to achieve this goal, as well as an outline for how you will measure success. For example:
“We need this because we have sensitive data on our servers.”
“We want everyone who has access to our network (including contractors) to understand what they can do with all their privileges.”
Exposure risks
You are responsible for calculating the exposure risk of your network. This is the chance that a breach of security will occur and how much it would affect you. For example, if there were a 1 in 10 chance that someone would gain access to our system using a valid password, then our exposure risk would be 10%.
The term “exposure” refers to how easy it is for unauthorized users to gain access to information stored on your network. The closer you can get to zero (0), the better!
The plan must identify different areas of exposure. This includes both internal and external threats. Potential examples might include fire or water damage, computer hacking, theft, and loss of confidential information (both online and offline).
The plan must identify different areas of exposure. This includes both internal and external threats. Potential examples might include fire or water damage, computer hacking, theft, and loss of confidential information (both online and offline).
Potential Risks:
Disclosure statement
A disclosure statement is a concise document that explains how your organization will handle all personal data, including financial information and health records. It should be written in plain language and include:
Who can access the data?
What are the consequences if someone abuses their privileges?
How long does it take for us to notify people when we receive a request for information about them from outside sources (like the IRS)?
The disclosure statement defines the roles, responsibilities, and requirements necessary to ensure compliance with the standards in this plan. The policy’s purpose must be clearly outlined. Standards intended to protect and secure the data as laid out by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) must be highlighted.
The disclosure statement defines the roles, responsibilities, and requirements necessary to ensure compliance with the standards in this plan. The policy’s purpose must be clearly outlined. Standards intended to protect and secure the data as laid out by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) must be highlighted.
The disclosure statement should describe how you will use each type of information collected from patients or employees; it should also include any limits on its use or disclosure; if applicable, it should specify who is allowed access to this information; what will happen if someone uses your system inappropriately?
Auditing information
Auditing is a regular process that helps ensure compliance with security standards. It involves looking at activities within the system and determining whether they are in accordance with established policies or procedures.
The audit plan should be written into your HSPH policy, as it’s an important part of this plan and will help you stay on top of what needs to be done when needed.
Employee assignments for auditing compliance must be defined in the policy. This ensures that each individual understands what can trigger an audit and who is in charge of auditing the security plan. If the organization is audited externally, the auditor’s role would also be defined here.
Employee assignments for auditing compliance must be defined in the policy. This ensures that each individual understands what can trigger an audit, who is in charge of auditing the security plan, and who to report to if they find a problem. An auditor should also understand what he/she can and cannot do during an internal or external audit:
Auditors may only look at their assigned area(s) of responsibility unless specifically instructed otherwise by a member of management or legal counsel.
Auditors cannot access any information outside their scope of work without permission from higher-ups within your organization.
Access controls
Access controls are the rules you put in place to grant or deny access to your network. They can be simple or complex, but they all share some common goals:
Who can access the network?
What do they need to know before accessing it (e.g., a username/password)?
How often should they be able to access it, and for how long?
Where does this data go once it’s entered into your system?
Conclusion
As you can see, there are many different areas of security and privacy to consider in creating a plan for your hospital. However, it is important that you have a well-defined plan before you begin implementing changes within your organization. This will help reduce any potential risks and make sure that everyone understands what needs to be done on their end as well.