Make some recommendations to improve the security


You are a security consultant with a number of clients in the health industry. One of your clients is a small company (5 employees) that digitizes medical transcriptions of paper patient records for local hospitals. They give you a call to tell you that they suspect that there has been a security breach of their database, which includes sensitive patient data. How would you approach the security analysis of their system to determine whether there's been a breach, and if so, make some recommendations to improve their security? Consider these points for your recommendations: How would you go about examining their system? How would you determine the internal and external users of their system? How would you determine the access controls for the system (user privileges, who accesses what type of information in the database, what security measures do they already have in place)? What are their responsibilities to HIPAA regulations? Make a minimum of three recommendations for tightening their security, based on your research.Based on your research, write an 8 to 10 page paper that analyzes the current security environment of the company. Discuss 3 or more steps that you have taken to research the company's security scenario. Discuss at least one possible breach of HIPAA regulations. Make a minimum of three recommendations that will help the company improve their security. earch the internet for the following articles to assist you with your assignment: HIPAA Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act. 10 Steps to Creating Your Own IT Security Audit. 

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