NOTE: Instead of the Discussion Board question this

week, you will complete another assignment.

Assessment: 100%

Overview:

Health care organizations must strictly comply with the Health Insurance

Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security rules that require

organizations to have proper security controls for handling personal information

referred to as “protected health information,” or PHI. This includes security

controls for the IT infrastructure handling PHI. List THREE risks, threats, and

vulnerabilities that can violate HIPAA privacy and security requirements?

What to submit for a grade?

1. Using MS Word, create a table like the one below. Change your page layout to landscape. Save the file with a good file name. Upload to the

course web site.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security

Risks Threats Vulnerabilities Why

List a risk to

HIPPA.

List a threat that is

associated with the

risk to HIPPA.

List a

vulnerability

associated with

the threat.

Explain why this

vulnerability can

be a problem.

Your statements

should be clear

and to the point

for senior

management to

understand. Do

not assume

anything.

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