HIPAA Security Implementation, Version 1.0
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- Implementation Specification:
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A safeguard that includes specific instructions on how to implement the standard
- Integrity:
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Refers to keeping data, particularly EPHI, correct and complete.
- Individual:
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The person who is the subject of protected health information. [45 C.F.R. § 160.103].
- Information system:
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The interconnected set of information resources under the same direct management control that shares common functionality. A system normally includes hardware, software, information, data, applications, communications, and people. [45 C.F.R. § 164.304].
- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP):
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An Internet Standard protocol that is used to report error conditions during IP datagram processing and to exchange other information concerning the state of the IP network.
- Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP):
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A protocol that defines how a client should fetch mail from and return mail to a mail server. IMAP is intended as a replacement for or extension to the Post Office Protocol (POP). It is defined in RFC 1203 (v3) and RFC 2060 (v4).
- Internet Protocol (IP):
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The method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet.
- Internet Protocol Security (IPsec):
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A developing standard for security at the network or packet processing layer of network communication.
- Integrity:
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The property that data or information have not been altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner. [45 C.F.R. § 164.304]
- Intranet:
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A computer network, especially one based on Internet technology that an organization uses for its own internal and usually private, purposes and that is closed to outsiders.
- Intrusion Detection System:
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A security management system for computers and networks. An IDS gathers and analyzes information from various areas within a computer or a network to identify possible security breaches, which include both intrusions (attacks from outside the organization) and misuse (attacks from within the organization).
- IP Address:
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A computer's inter-network address that is assigned for use by the Internet Protocol and other protocols. An IP version 4 address is written as a series of four 8-bit numbers separated by periods.
- IP Flood:
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A denial of service attack that sends a host more echo request ('ping') packets than the protocol implementation can handle.
- IP Spoofing:
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The technique of supplying a false IP address.