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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

HIPAA - HITECH The US Federal laws and regulations that defines the control of most personal healthcare information for companies responsible for managing data. The HIPAA Privacy rule establishes standards to protect individuals medical records and others personal health information and applies to health plan healthcare clearing houses and those health care transactions electronically. HIPAA Definition: US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) office of civil Rights (OCR): Governing entity for HIPAA. Covered Entity: HHS - OCR define companies th…

US Cybersecurity Federal Law

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) The computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a US cyber security bill that was enacted in 1984. Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 ( FISMA ) Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 ( FISMA 2014 ) FISMA assigns specific responsibilities to federal agencies, the NIST and the office of management and Budget ( OMB ) in order to strengthen information security system. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…