Medical Record Company Network Security Plan

The primary purpose of this Risk assessment report is to identify the threats and vulnerabilities that are possible in an IT system domain called Electronic Medical Record (EMR) throughout its lifecycle. The Risk Assessment plan is needed for this Fictional Enterprise (Medco) as this uses the automated information to deal with the patient records and to process this information with the patient record for better use of their mission, risk management plan plays an important role in protecting the organization’s information assets. This report will provide the detailed summary of possible

Trojan’s are one threat it is a type of malware designed to provide unauthorized, remote access to a user’s computer. Trojan horses do not have the ability to replicate themselves like viruses; however, they can lead to viruses being installed on a machine since they allow the computer to be controlled by the Trojan creator.

Secondly, healthcare organizations should inoculate yourself by having a solid data encryption system. There are different types of data encryption for different kind of data. When the data is at rest, data encryption can be employed in multiple locations and cover structured and unstructured data. The only way to truly be safe is to encrypt the data itself. With the value of data changing over time, new data will require an immediate and new data encryption plan. When the data is in motion, it is easy for hackers to

Rootkit – Rootkit is a software that is downloaded onto a computer to ide the compromised operating system. This can allow other viruses or malware to come and make it look like it’s a necessary file for the computer. Even if you use an anti-virus, it will look at it but will think it’s a necessary file for the computer. The longer the rootkit is installed the harder it is to undo the damages

In a large service-related Healthcare organization with the staff to patient ratio approximately 1:100, there is a greater threat by technology of breaching security records. Medical records include information about ones physical and mental being. They may contain information about ones relationship with family members, sexual behavior, drug or alcohol problems and HIV status ( Burke & Weill, 2005). The confidentiality is threatened when the medical records information is put on the Internet, by use of telemedicine, and by the use of e-mail by healthcare workers. Although this is the fastest way to store and share

The safeguard of patient health information and consumer information is effectively and sufficiently guarded is the upmost importance to any organization. Information security is important because it the law. Any deficiency of an effective information security program can be costly to an organization and be detrimental to patients and consumers. Organizations must be aware of the growing opportunities for breaches in security as technology is advancing is making the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of protected health information easier (Sayles, 2013). The following two security breaches will identify threats, and provide a security plan for the organization.

The product will the HIPAA compliant with encryption of personal health records. SSL certificates will be used to for communication and transmission of information. Firewalls be set up on data centers to protect from any breaches (Selfridge and Sutherland, 2014). “Routine risks assessment” will be conducted on regular basis to ensure that patient portal is safe and secured (Selfridge and Sutherland, 2014). Staff members will also be thoroughly educated on the use of portal and how to prevent data breaches and how to protect patient information. Patients will be rest assured that their data is secured with proper security check points in

Pharmaceutical companies, insurance agencies, research hospitals, and countless medical practices must take safeguards to secure health information. It’s vital to surviving in our competitive marketplace.

There are many types of ways to safeguard data information in a healthcare facility. These kinds

Thousands of sick and injured people depend on hospitals to take care of them while they recover, including protecting their confidential information in the hospital databases. Hundreds of hackers rely on these databases to steal those patients’ identities. The company Security Operations assists in making sure it is nearly impossible to access the files, and everyone follows regulatory requirements. Emily Jones, a director of the company Security Operations, manages a team to make the process go smoothly. Every day for the past two years, Emily would sit in conference calls with her team and review the daily analysis of data and policies for the hospital risks. In this I.T. (Information technology) field, herself and team protect cyber

A rootkit gives attackers full access to the system (hence the term 'root') and typically hides the files, folders, registry edits, and other components it uses. In addition to hiding itself, a rootkit typically hides other malicious files that it may be bundled with. The Storm worm is one example of rootkit-enabled malware. (Note that not all Storm Trojans are

Viruses and worms are malicious programs that self-replicate on computers or through computer systems without the user being cognizant. Worms are a series programs that repeat themselves from system to system minus the use of a host fie. Worms use methods to infiltrate remote computers and launch replicas of themselves like email messages or coping files to an accessible disk. A computer virus is a

Malwares are mischievous programs crafted to agitate or forbid normal operations to gather selected information which may lead to loss of privacy through

To understand the business of malware, one must understand how malware has evolved in the past twenty-five years. Malware, which includes all kinds of malicious software, was originally created to show the weaknesses of computers. The first type of malware, created in 1986, was a virus called “Brain.A. Brain.A was developed in Pakistan, by two brothers - Basit and Amjad. They wanted to prove that PC is not secure platform, so they created virus that was replicating using floppy disks” (Milošević). Even today malware is still used to check the security of machines.

In the scope computerized threat rootkits are not given the credit they deserve. They tend to be minimized while they proved to be a much serious danger. Dr Mark Ciampa had categorized rootkits under the concealment subgroup of malware, which avoiding detection is their primary characteristic. He had briefly defined rootkits as set software tools used to hide the actions of other types of software by changing the operating system to force it to ignore their malicious files and activities. Rootkits also hide or remove all traces of evidence that may reveal the malware, he said. His definition is not totally accurate even though he pin pointed the main purpose for what rootkits are used for, which is concealment. Contrary to the popular believe rootkits are not malware and not necessarily malicious. Greg Hoglund and James Butler in the Subverting Windows Kernel Rootkits book identified rootkits as a computing technology that can be used for evil or goods purposes. For the sake of this paper, the attention given to rootkits will be focusing on understanding what a rootkit is and how it works, the different type of rootkits and their implementations, detection measure to not get infected and preventive measure to avoid infection.