A laptop holding patient information was taken from your company's premises. What happened? Even though the laptop had a password, the health information about the patients on it was not secured by encryption technology. Considering the HIPAA Security Rule, describe whether you believe a HIPAA Security breach occurred and why you believe it did or did not. Describe the repercussions of this occurrence for the company as a whole. Provide a preventive action that may be implemented in order to avoid such difficulties in the near future.

A laptop holding patient information was taken from your company's premises. What happened? Even though the laptop had a password, the health information about the patients on it was not secured by encryption technology. Considering the HIPAA Security Rule, describe whether you believe a HIPAA Security breach occurred and why you believe it did or did not. Describe the repercussions of this occurrence for the company as a whole. Provide a preventive action that may be implemented in order to avoid such difficulties in the near future.

Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)

13th Edition

ISBN:9781305971776

Author:Ralph Stair, George Reynolds

Publisher:Ralph Stair, George Reynolds

Chapter13: Cybercrime And Information System Security

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1SAT

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