HIPAA: 7. The Security Rule
8 min! Run Time
Employees
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What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
HIPAA is built on two main components: the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule. This course focuses on the Security Rule, with a clear summary suited to the average employee.
What this course covers:
- What the HIPAA Security Rule protects
- How it safeguards electronic protected health information
- The role of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards
- Everyday practices that keep ePHI secure
Note: this course summarizes the Security Rule, not the entire regulation. Ideal for staff handling electronic PHI.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
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Frequently Asked Questions
Electronic protected health information specifically. Where the Privacy Rule governs use and disclosure generally, the Security Rule addresses how ePHI is technically protected.
Privacy is about what you may do with information. Security is about the controls that keep it from being accessed by people who should not have it.
Administrative, physical and technical safeguards. Part seven summarises each category and what it means for staff who use the systems day to day.
No. It is written for the average employee, explaining what the rule requires and how ordinary working habits support or undermine it.
Because most security failures begin with everyday behaviour — a shared password, an unlocked screen, a device left somewhere it should not be — rather than with systems.
