Social Engineering Techniques, Password Selection, and Health Care Legislation: A Health Care Setting

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Author(s): B. Dawn Medlin (Appalachian State University, USA)and Joseph A. Cazier (Appalachian State University, USA)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 15
Source title: Handbook of Research on Emerging Developments in Data Privacy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Manish Gupta (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7381-6.ch005

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Information Security & Privacy / IT Security and Ethics / Security & Forensics

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Healthcare employees generally have access to view hospital patient's medical records. This access can be simply viewing their chart or reviewing information on a computer screen. With this type of accessibly, hospital employees have the opportunity to view diagnosis, personal medical histories, as well as demographic information such as age and gender. Social engineers can use methods such as familiarity with co-workers for instance to obtain this information from unsuspecting health care workers. In addition, weak password selection can provide opportunities for a wealth of information to be stolen. In this chapter, current security legislation that addresses the security of patient's health care records, social engineering tactics, and passwords are explored.

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