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WK6 Discussion Questions
W6: Compliance/Information Protection and Training
How would you describe the purpose,
importance, and relevance of
the FERPA
(Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) and HIPAA (Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act) compliance acts as they relate to security? How
has training of security officers improved or not since 9/11? Provide three factors
regarding why training is essential in high performance security programs. Lastly,
identify and assess countermeasures used by organizations to mitigate electronic
espionage.
“Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was established in 1974 to protect the
privacy of student educational records.” (
Kiel & Knoblauch, 2010)
and “Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) had its first part implemented in 2002 with the
goal of protecting the privacy of patient health information.” (
Kiel & Knoblauch, 2010). They
both are important and relevant when it comes to security because they both protect the
information records, whether it be educational or medical, in their way under their specific act.
I think since 9/11, the training of security officers has been improved and maintained.
Before
9/11, the United States had rules and regulation, but it was lax.
That is how the terrorists in my
opinion, found loophole and infiltrated our border.
It was found out that the terrorists were
able to come to this country on a student visa to enroll in a flight school. It was easy to follow
the rules and regulations at the time to obtain student status.
According to the 9/11
Commission Report, “The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has responsibility for
ensuring that foreign students seeking training at flight schools do not pose a threat to aviation
or national security. TSA performs background checks, including government watchlist
matching, a criminal history check, and an immigration status check” (U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, 2011). That is how it is maintained to this day.
During the hijackers, the only
weapons were the ones of the terrorists which is how they were able to gain the upper hand.
According to the 9/11 Commission, “Following 9/11, all commercial aircraft have been secured
through the hardening of cockpit doors. In addition, the riskbased deployment of Federal Air
Marshals, the Federal Flight Deck Officer program, in which eligible flight crewmembers are
authorized by TSA to use firearms to defend against violence, and the crewmember behavior
recognition and response training program, all provide additional layers of aviation
security.”(U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2011) and that is how they trained and
implemented the rules with not only flight attendants but for U.S Air Marshalls.
The three reasons why training is important for high-performance security officers is because
for the one being reducing liability if the security guards are better trained they have the
opportunity to prevent incidents and minimize liability of lawsuits. As stated in the article “
In
essence, being proactive and having specialized training may potentially save a company
significant dollars.” (Security, 2014) The second reason is the high turnover rate if you invest
more in training your security officer so they can become familiar with the procedures and third
the more training they receive they will be able to stay updated with the current times when
comes to technology.
Some of the countermeasure counters used by the organizations are the very first immediately
the employees of the most vulnerable and may have a high rate of comprise because, without
the proper training, they are most likely to comprise the information of the company.
Employees must understand the importance of the information that they are safeguarding from
other entities. The organization needs to understand that when visitors on visiting the company
all employees should understand that they should not allow an outside entity to access the
network or allowed on the network. Another one that people forget to do is to proper
shutdown down their computers properly even though they are inside the company no
everybody has access to the same information.
Citation:
Kiel, J. M., PhD., & Knoblauch, L. M., M.B.A. (2010). HIPAA and FERPA: Competing or
Collaborating?
Journal of Allied Health, 39
(4), e161-5.
http://ezproxy.apus.edu.ezproxy2.apus.edu/login?
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collaborating%2Fdocview%2F874211059%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D8289
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (n.d.).
Implementing 9/11 Commission
Recommendations
. Website. Retrieved October 26,2023, from
https://www.dhs.gov/implementing-911-
commissionrecommendations#:~:text=Following%209%2F11%2C%20the%20federal,threats%20and
%20disasters%20at%20home
.
SECURITY Services: The Importance of Being Trained. (2014, February).
Security Magazine.
https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/76715-security-services-the-importance-of-being-
trained-1
Mitigating the Threat of Corporate Espionage. (2011, May).
https://www.tcdi.com/mitigating-the-
threat-of-corporate-espionage/
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