...Security and Privacy Donetta Bacon March 14, 2016 HCS 533 Catherine Doughty Security and Privacy Case Scenario two takes place in a small town that was hit by hurricane. The concern is the basement of the organization was flooded by the storm. This caused damage to patient files, and some was washed away when the water receded. Developing an idea to address patients who ask about his or her health record is a must. There also has to be a process that is in place in an event, such as a hurricane that protects the records. There will also be a detailed discussion on a management plan. With that comes training provided to staff within the management plan. With a new management plan, it will need to be implemented and those procedures will be discussed. There will also be a code of conduct included within this plan. Action when Patient wants Health Record Had it been in the basement meaning it would have likely destroyed the health records due to the flood. Most doctors will not make any rash decisions without knowing what was on that medical record. The best situation is to sit down with the doctor and examine the patient’s medical history so a new medical record can be made. This may require additional test and procedures done so the doctor can cover bases to protect him or her without compromising the patient's life. Management Plan A plan should be in place making sure that records of the patients are secure in any case of catastrophic events. One way...
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...Security and Privacy Kate Cann HCS/533 August 10 Michael Gaul Security and Privacy According to Robin Rudowitz (September 2006), “before Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, New Orleans had a largely poor and African American population with one of the nation’s highest insurance rates, and many relied on the Charity Hospital system for care”. The safety net of New Orleans’s health care system was a distraught. A lot of people were left with no access to care for year after the Hurricane Katrina. On August 2005, the Hurricane destroyed a lot of homes and a lot of people were forced out of their homes leaving them homeless. Much of the city’s infrastructures were destroyed due to the Hurricane. The Hurricane did not only destroy people’s homes and the city’s infrastructures but also destroyed patient’s medical files that were stored in the basement of the hospital. The hospital had in place measure that allowed patients to obtain their medical records in order for them to be treated at a different hospital. Had the hospital not have prior measures in place, patients would have been stranded during the catastrophic event that took place in New Orleans Having the measures in place also helped them identify the people who lost their lives in the Hurricane Katrina. Management Plan A management plan is a blueprint for the way your organization is run, both day-to-day and over the long term. “It includes the standard methods for doing various...
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...Accessing and Protecting Electronic data For anyone under the age of twenty-five living in an indus- trialized country, typing term papers on a typewriter or looking up books by flipping through paper index cards in a filing cabinet in the library is a completely foreign concept. Similarly, life without a laptop computer, the internet, a cellphone, or an iPod is incomprehensible. But despite the depth of their penetration into our daily lives, the ubiquity of these communication devices is a very recent phenomenon. the proliferation of the internet and other technological innovations in the 1990s has had a seismic impact on our ability to create, store, and share information. the subse- quent development of social networking, along with the digitization of commerce and government in the following decade, has had an equally profound impact on the ways in which people communicate and go about their daily busi- ness. these changes are particularly stunning given the speed with which they happened. the first digital computer was built in 1939, and in the 1960s information systems were developed to store data. these systems evolved with the introduction of personal computers in the 1980s. it was the development and proliferation of the internet in the 1990s, however, that saw not only the collection and storage of in- creasing amounts of data but also the ability of citizens and consumers to access these data with the click of a mouse. A decade later, the internet ushered in “digital...
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...Abstract Have you ever bought anything on the Internet with your credit or debit card? Do you think other people wouldn't like to buy things with your cards, too? Have you ever given out personal information to register for a contest or special event on the Web? If so, beware. In this paper, I will attempt to explore various privacy and security concerns facing both businesses and consumers when they take part in electronic commerce. Although the Internet offers a wonderful social, personal, and business opportunity, it is also laden with hackers, plotters, and schemers. This paper will examine some of the challenges posed by these shady individuals and look at measures Internet users can take to avoid becoming their victims. To survive in today’s highly competitive business environment, successful E-businesses must market their products and services to individuals or other businesses that are “willing and able” to purchase their offerings. To assist them in identifying and targeting specific market segments, companies are now using data mining techniques to examine their databases looking for trends, relationships, and outcomes to enhance their overall operations. These databases, containing detailed consumer information, can be valuable resources for the companies that use them. They can help businesses to better understand the needs of their customers so they can react to the customer’s needs faster. Businesses can also utilize this information to cut production...
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...Security and Privacy on the Internet There are a lot of articles in the newspapers these days about databases hacked, personal information stolen, bank accounts “cleaned out”, or credit cards erroneously charged. When it comes to security and privacy on the Internet, how well does the system protect the public? Are certificate based security protocols as safe as one is lead to believe? Will modifying the Internet Explorer’s settings provide adequate privacy? As the “tech” world evolves and smart phones and other wireless devices become the norm, how secure are the Wi-Fi networks? Part of the problem is the technology is moving so fast, the rules cannot even keep up. Encryption is considered one of the better ways to help keep personal information secure, and give the user a “warm fuzzy” when the closed lock is displayed. Mr. Miguel Helft, New York Times, expresses a concern with the certificates issued by a third-party organization to guarantee a websites authenticity. According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, more than 650 organizations can issue certificates used by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox for encryption. These organizations are located across the globe, like Russia and China which are suspected of internal public surveillance, and raise the question if the issuing organization is misusing certificates to eavesdrop on internet activity. Peter Eckersley, a senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, tells of...
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...Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security have a lot in common as they pertain to today's information technology in healthcare. However, they also have their own different meanings and significant roles in their functions in data maintenance and management. Confidentiality Confidentiality is one of the core duties in medical practice that requires healthcare providers to keep patient's personal health information private unless the patient provides consent to release the information. Confidentiality is important because patient's routinely share their personal information with healthcare providers and if the patient's confidentiality of their information is not protected then trust in the physician would diminish. Patients would also be less likely to share sensitive information, which could negatively impact their care. Privacy Privacy is the individual's right to keep his or her data to themselves and often it often applies to their rights as consumers to have their information safeguarded from other parties that involves the protection of vulnerable data, as well as their personal data from being freely distributed over the internet or sold to third parties. Privacy is vitally important when maintaining medical information because just like confidentiality, patients may not seek treatment or may withhold important information about their health out of concern for their privacy. When patients know that they can truly trust their...
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...Phoenix Material Privacy and Security Worksheet Consider this week’s readings and class discussion about privacy and security rules and the storage of records. Write 50- to 100-word answers for each of the following questions based on your readings and class discussion. 1. What is the difference between privacy and security? There is often confusion about the difference between privacy, confidentiality and security. In the context of HIPAA, privacy determines who should have access, what constitutes the patient’s rights to confidentiality, and what constitutes inappropriate access to health records. Confidentiality establishes how the records (or the systems that hold those records) should be protected from inappropriate access. Security is the means by which you ensure privacy and confidentiality. 2. Identify standards established through the Privacy Rule to protect individuals’ health information. The Privacy Rule for the first time creates national standards to protect individuals' medical records and other personal health information. • It gives patients more control over their health information. • It sets boundaries on the use and release of health records. • It establishes appropriate safeguards that health care providers and others must achieve to protect the privacy of health information. • It holds violators accountable, with civil and criminal penalties that can be imposed if they violate patients' privacy rights. •...
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...This paper outlines why security and privacy cannot be mutually exclusive. As we continue to advance with information and communication technologies, our society will require cyberlaws and the government needs to equip law enforcement with modernized tools to protect society’s most vulnerable in cyberspace. To achieve a happy medium between security and privacy, I propose the concepts of transparency, accountability, integrity, and professionalism in the security-privacy debate. Today, there are over three billion online users, which make up about 40% of the world population (ITU 2014). The users are online, conducting daily communications, transactions, and sharing of information. The Internet has created an increasing amount of personal...
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...ASSIGNMENT ON TERM PAPPER INTERNET CHALLENGES TO SECURITY AND PRIVACY SUBMITTED BY : GIFTY KARUVELIL SAM ID NUMBER: 0160011 SUBMITTED TO : PROFESSOR . JOYCE JAMES MG. 650: MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE TABLE OF CONTENT : * INTRODUCTION * ANALYSIS OF SECURITY AND PRIVACY * CATEGORIZATION AND SESITIVITY * STATE OF RESEARCH * MAJOR PLAYERS I THE INTERNET * GLOBAL SENSOR NETWORK MIDDLEWEAR * RFID * PHYSICAL MECHANISM * CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOLS * RESEARCH FROM OTHER DOMAINS * INFORMATION ACCOUNTABIILITY * CRYPTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFIERS * KEY EXTRACTION FROM WIRELES CHANNL CHARACTERISTECS * CONCLUSION 1 1 Introduction The Internet has undergone severe changes since its first launch in the late 1960s as an outcome of the ARPANET. The initial four-node network has quickly grown into a highly interconnected and self-organized network that builds the daily basis for business, research, and economy. The number of people using this worldwide network has exponentially grown up to about 1.5 bn and hereby makes up about 20% of the world population. This sheer number of end...
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...best day for some. But when people argue that privacy is better than security, it is hard to abolish the threats of terrorists. People would rather not have the government seeing what they are doing online than being safe on trips, at work, at school, anywhere. With the amount of terrorist attacks that are happening in the world today, national security trumps privacy in the United States. People are ok with putting every aspect of their live on social media, but they don’t want the government looking at what you are doing on the internet, even though invading the public’s privacy, it is saving their lives. Some people may not see it yet, but when the US is not under threat anymore, then they will. Wouldn’t you rather be safe at school or at work than have somebody potentially looking at your computer? If you’re not doing anything bad online that will raise suspicion then...
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...Computer Security & Privacy - TJX Case Backgroud: TJX, largest apparel and home fashions retailers in the off-price segment was struck with Security Breach in all of its eight business units in US, Canada and Europe. Intruder had illegally accessed TJX payment system to hack personal and credit/debit card information of an unspecified number of customers. Security breach had affected Customers - pay for the purchases made by the intruders/ card invalidated / expiring the spending power, Financial Institutions –re-issue the cards for those customers whose information was compromised, Store Associates –change their credentials for system access, Vendors, Merchandisers - Modify the information shared due to mutual network and Richel Owen, CSO- design long and short term strategy to address the security breach issue. Intruders utilized the data stolen to produce bogus credit/debit cards that can be used at self-checkouts without any risks, and had also employed gift card float technique. Case Analysis: TJX learnt about the hacking on December, 2006 through the presence of suspicious software and immediately called in Security consultants for assistance. TJX had been intruded at multiple vulnerable points – Encryption, Wireless attack, USB drives, Processing logs, Compliance and Auditing practice. Encryption - Intruder had accessed the card information during the approval process and had the decryption key for the encryption software used in TJX. This can be addressed by purchasing...
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...The need to protect National Security is far more important than individual privacy. The greatest part of living in the United States of America is the freedom that we have. That freedom and the right to live freely is protected by various government agencies. From time to time, the privacy a person has may have to be invaded to guarantee the security of the country and other citizens. Everyone has the right to not have their life controlled by the government, but it has the right to make sure that citizens are not doing anything to threaten the security of the country. Our freedom also comes at a price; that price is the need of the government to monitor some of the things we do so ensure that the United States is not in danger of a terrorist attack or an attempted overthrow of the government. The most glaring example of how National Security is more important than the privacy of an individual is September 11, 2001. The terrorist attacks that day have changed how Americans see our National Security and it must take precedence over anything else. One definition found for national security is: “The measures taken by the state to ensure the security of itself, or its citizens or subjects.” (Thomas, 2007) He goes on to explain that is both a right and a responsibility for a state to protect its citizens. Thomas also writes that there is a fine line to be established between maintaining peace and order and the level of tolerance citizens will have to tolerate to...
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...Privacy Rights The privacy of the individual is the most important right. Without privacy, the democratic system that we know would not exist. Privacy is one of the fundamental values on which our country was founded. There are exceptions to privacy rights that are created by the need for defense and security. When our country was founded, privacy was not an issue. The villages then were small and close. Most people knew their neighbors and what was going on in the community. They did not have drunk drivers, terrorist, or any other threat of changing the way they lived. The transportation that most people had access to were horses. Today there are autos that can be fatal if not controlled. Speed limits and licenses are two examples. The government we have in place maintains and organizes our society. The elements of control are often viewed as violations of privacy. These elements are meant to protect us from irresponsible people and from hurting themselves. The laws that are in place still give privacy without invading personal lives. Privacy is only violated when people feel they are being violated. Jonathan Franzen writes this example of his feelings about privacy. “One of my neighbors in the apartment building across the street spends a lot of time at her mirror examining her pores, and I can see her doing it, just as she can undoubtedly see me sometimes. But our respective privacies remain intact as long as neither of us feels seen.” If people...
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...Individual Privacy vs. National Security: The National Defense Authorization Act Rhonda L Patterson ENG122 English Composition II Prof. Ashley Rutledge February 20, 2012 Individual Privacy vs. National Security: The National Defense Authorization Act The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by Congress on December 14, 2011 “to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes” (112th Congress, 2012) has been a large source of controversy in the United States among its citizens and in the media. Originally, President Obama stated he would veto the act. Stating his reasons included the continuation of military funding; he reversed his decision and signed the NDAA into law on December 31, 2011. The President included with it a signed statement that said his administration would not allow unconstitutional incarceration of American citizens (Herridge, 2012). Unfortunately, a signed statement is not law, and can be later changed or ignored by the current or subsequent administrations. This act is a danger to the freedoms granted to American citizens by the United States Constitution, allowing the government too many liberties to violate those freedoms in the name of terrorism, and can also be used to unjustly target foreigners...
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...Staff Goal & Performance Review Checklist 2015-2016 (due January 29, 2016) To better assist with the dialogue regarding job performance between staff member and supervisor, we are instituting several changes to this revised Staff Goal & Performance Review Checklist (SGPRC) as follows: * Staff members will meet with their supervisor as a department and individually to review the past year’s goals and to set goals for the new fiscal year. Both the supervisor and staff member must agree upon the goals set keeping in mind the department’s objectives as set forth in the Strategic Plan. In order to encourage more communication between staff member and supervisor, this new goal setting procedure and review will allow for more staff input and supervisor feedback and will occur annually at the beginning of the fiscal year. * The annual Staff Goal & Performance Reviews will occur mid- fiscal year in January which will allow the staff member and supervisor the opportunity to assess the status of goal objectives as well as completing the Performance Review checklist. By conducting the annual review earlier, the staff member and supervisor will be able to assess goal and performance achievements and recommend any adjustments or plans of action sooner than under the present review schedule. At the beginning of the next fiscal year, supervisor and staff member will engage in a discussion as a department and/or individually and review the past year’s goals and...
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