Applied Healthcare Cyber Risk Management
Issued by
Quinnipiac University
Earners of this badge will successfully complete CYB 613 and will be active participants in the course including completing readings, viewing recorded lectures, attending live sessions, contributing to discussion, completing labs, completing essays and completing the quizzes and final exam. The course contains content on Emerging Cybersecurity Attacks in Healthcare, HIPAA Compliance Risk Management, HIPAA Security Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Enterprise Cybersecurity Risk Management.
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Skills
- Breach Planning
- Compliance Management
- Conducting HIPAA Security Assessments
- Cybersecurity Controls and Frameworks
- Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
- Cybersecurity Risk Quantification
- Data Protection Strategies
- Documentation and Reporting
- Emerging Cybersecurity Threats
- HIPAA Compliance Gap Assessment
- HIPAA Regulations
- Incident Response
- Practical Application of Security Risk Analysis Tools
- Risk Mitigation Techniques
Earning Criteria
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Complete a 15 week, 3 credit course: CYB 613.
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Participants successfully develop a fundamental understanding of the current and emerging threats facing healthcare organizations, the sensitivity of Protected Healthcare Information (PHI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and the associated regulations governing the protection of this data. Students will learn the fundamentals of cybersecurity risk management including qualitative and quantitative techniques and be able to apply them practically to a model healthcare organization.
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Participants successfully master learning objectives related to HIPAA requirements for risk analysis and risk management including understanding the healthcare ecosystem and relationship between covered entities and business associates. Students will understand the definitions of a breach and the requirements to report incidents to regulators.
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Participants will be able to carry out a risk assessment of a model healthcare organization using the Security Risk Assessment tool provided by the Department of Health and Human Services. This includes scoping and framing, asset determination, controls assessment and documentation, risk evaluation and risk response and reporting.
Standards
Primary Federal law for healthcare privacy, security and breach notification.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework is voluntary guidance, based on existing standards, guidelines, and practices for organizations to better manage and reduce cybersecurity risk.