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Create a Remote Access Policy (0/7 completed)

Review the following characteristics of the fictional Healthwise Health Care Provider:

Healthwise has several remote health care branches and locations throughout the region.

Online access to patients medical records through the public Internet is required for remote nurses and hospices providing in-home medical services.

Online access to patients medical records from remote clinics is facilitated through a virtual private network (VPN) and a secure web application front-end over the public Internet.

The organization wants to be in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and IT security best practices regarding remote access through the public internet.

The organization wants to monitor and control the use of remote access by implementing system logging.

The organization wants to implement a security awareness training policy mandating that all new hires and existing employees obtain remote access security training. Policy definition is to include HIPAA and electronic protected health information (ePHI) security requirements and a mandate for annual security awareness training for all remote or mobile employees.

Create an organization-wide remote access policy for Healthwise Health Care:

Healthwise Health Care

Remote Access Policy for Remote Workers and Medical Clinics

Policy Statement Define your policy verbiage.

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Purpose/Objectives Define the policys purpose as well as its objectives and policy definitions

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Scope Define whom this policy covers and its scope. What elements, IT assets, or organization-owned assets are within this policys scope?

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Standards Does the policy statement point to any hardware, software, or configuration standards? If so, list them here and explain the relationship of this policy to these standards. In this case, Remote Access Domain standards should be referenced, such as encryption standards and VPN standards; make any necessary assumptions.

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Procedures Explain how you intend to implement this policy for the entire organization.

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Guidelines Explain any roadblocks or implementation issues that you must overcome in this section and how you will surmount them per defined guidelines. Any disputes or gaps in the definition and separation of duties and responsibilities may need to be addressed in this section.

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