HIPAA Security Implementation, Version 1.0
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- MAC Address:
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A physical address; a numeric value that uniquely identifies that network device from every other device on the planet.
- Malicious Code:
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Software (e.g., Trojan horse) that appears to perform a useful or desirable function, but actually gains unauthorized access to system resources or tricks a user into executing other malicious logic.
- Malicious software:
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Software, for example, a virus, designed to damage or disrupt a system. [45 C.F.R. § 164.304].
- Mandatory Implementation Specification:
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An implementation specification that the act requires to be used.
- Mandatory Safeguard:
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See mandatory implementation specification.