ABC Healthcare Case Study

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The ABC Healthcare is equipped with a poor network security which is against any law compliance that mandates the company to protect customers’ data and ensure data integrity. To protect trade secrets and private assets The ABC Healthcare needs to be in compliance with a number of laws established internationally for IT security practitioners to assist companies with their compliance when doing business over the internet and when dealing with sensitive information.
International convention set up cyber laws to counteract cybercrime across borders. International bodies have reunited to fight cybercrimes. As culture is specific an different cybercrime is conventionally described as offenses where a computer is used as a tool or target of the …show more content…

As a result, The ABC healthcare is not in compliance with the HIPPA(Healthcare Insurance Portability and accountability Act. This bill affects any company that deals with healthcare and is not limited with doctors, nurses, insurance companies and hospitals.
The Act mandates all healthcare providers to protect customers billing information, conversations about the clients and the doctors, conversations with the clients and the nurse, information about the client from the insurer stored in the health care provided computer system.
The national learning consortium has establish through forums and websites for healthcare proidrs the top ten tips for health care to help prevent cybercrimes. However, it is not a guarantee of any state or local laws. “Adoption of the tips is not a guarantee of compliance with federal or state law but can help organizations work toward the goal of having appropriate cybersecurity protections in place.” HealthIT,gov ( sept 2015) Cybersecurity. Top10 tips for cybersecurity in health …show more content…

ABC healthcare senior management should specify what is deemed acceptable using personal computers devices when connected to the ABC healthcare network. Also if a wireless network is available one wireless need to be connected to the domain with a WPA2 encryption and the other for the public with an acceptable use of policy notice agreement before connected to the open network.
Similarly, rules ABC healthcare employees will be subject to some email rules and file sharing infringement. Emails must be work related only. Tampering with emails to retrieve data from not meant to be sent to an individual is a felony offence. Any reported violation of these rules must be immediately reported to the immediate IT manager, CTO or CIO
ABC healthcare needs to comply with any cyber law that mandate health care providers to abide by federal, local and international laws in order to prevent, mitigate cyber threats. Seniors management needs to implement regulations that implies use of acceptable policy. The violation of this law need to be strict including verbal, written warnings and up to termination. The observance of these laws will help ABC reconsider the structure IT system, reinforce the protection and integrity of customer data and avoid breach to foster the trust relationship that ABC is building

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