Patient Data Security and Privacy

This course will enable participants to:

• Understand the differences between privacy, confidentiality, information privacy, and information security and the relationships among them.
• Discuss how information system security (or cybersecurity) affects privacy, confidentiality, and security.
• Recognize potential threats to cybersecurity.
• Identify several security measures designed to protect information and discuss how they function.
• Discuss the impact that Internet technology has on the security of health-related information.

What You'll Learn

Data security is part of cybersecurity that refers to the process of protecting data from unauthorized access and data corruption throughout its lifecycle. Data Privacy is the branch of information security dealing with the proper handling of data concerning consent, notice, sensitivity, and other concerns. This course examines and discusses these issues and includes practical information on ways to protect information housed in information systems and on mobile devices.

Minimum Entry Requirement

Diploma