Scenario
You are the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Tyler Health Systems, a large, integrated health delivery system. Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of organizations reporting data breaches. Annual losses due to data breaches are estimated to cost the healthcare industry more than 10 million dollars.
Your organization is reviewing best practices and current policies to mitigate the risk of data breaches. You have been tasked with recommending an action plan for data breach prevention and response management in the event of a data breach. You decide that your first step is to research a recent incident involving a data breach and its impact on the affected health organization. While you believe that preventing a data breach is the best defense, you want to create an action plan explaining both – how data breaches occur and the consequences to the organization.
Instructions
Your report should include the following:
- Name of an organization that reported a data breach in the past 12 months
- Nature of the data breach (i.e., hacking, human error, ransomware)
- Immediate actions taken by the organization
- The outcomes (both regulatory and legal) – in other words, what fines were levied, and are there any pending litigations against the organizations?
- A recommended action plan to prevent a data breach and a plan to manage your organization’s response to a potential data breach
- You should include at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly sources. APA (7th edition) formatting should be applied.
Submission Requirements
- APA formatted report