Homework Responses Wk 6

1. 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?

FERPRA is a federal law that grants caregivers and parents the right to counter-check their child's educational records and safeguards children's right to privacy by imposing restrictions on access to confidential education records in exception of parental consent. The HIPAA of 1996 stipulates conformity of health care providers and health care administrators in using National Drug Codes, which is essential in preventing drug trafficking, illegal drugs, and drug possession within the company premises. The HIPAA established the National Provider Identifier by assigning to cover health care personnel to monitor all company financial and administrative transactions (Ferraro, E. F., 2007). That was critical in preventing the disclosure of confidential information in health care operations.

2. How has training of security officers improved or not since 9/11?

 

Trained security professions can use the social security number of nine-digit numbers with area numbers to track ZIP codes, addresses, and names of persons. Thus, limited illegitimate immigration in states through security checkups, monitoring, and the verification of national ID numbers and passports. Investigators conduct background inquiry processes on criminals of all professions during recruitment. The enactment of legislative Acts like; HIPAA, FERPA, GLBA, and other state laws, has raised demands on the protection of the right to privacy and access to personal information (Ferraro, E.F., 2006). The employees and employee files must be sealed and safeguarded against unauthorized acquisition.

3. 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. 

 

Training is held to improve performance appraisal in conducting workplace inspections. It enables one to understand the regulations and legislation in paraphernalia and other drugs prohibited within the organization's premises and, lastly, to be knowledgeable on investigations of violations and interventions recommended in mitigating such breaches (Fay, J. (2010). Organizations can minimize electronic espionage through; the use of CCTV cameras to monitor mobile movements of persons in the company premises and Employer pre-employment screening tools which harness the identification of the secret names, credentials, identity, and personal history of the applicants.

In conclusion, HIPAA provisions in the federal law demand compliance in safeguarding the right to privacy and access to personal information without the person or the caregiver (D'Addario, F.J., 1993). In deontology, the duty bearers in the health sector, the legal profession, security service, and other professions must seal all client documents and impose restrictions in accessing the cabinets.

References

D'Addario, F.J., 1993. Pre-employment screening, in Fay, J.J. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Security Management, first ed. Butterworth-Henemann, Boston, MA, pp. 560–563.

Fay, J. (2010). Contemporary security management. Elsevier Science & Technology. Created from apus on 2021-10-28 19:15:59.

Ferraro, E.F., 2006. Investigations in the Workplace. Auerbach Publications, Boca Raton, FL.

Ferraro, E. F., 2007. The Drug Recognition Process, in: Fay, J.J. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Security Management. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, MA, pp. 358.