Understanding Healthcare Data Security & Risk Management

Protect healthcare data and manage organizational risks

Many professionals lack integrated knowledge of HIPAA requirements, technical controls, and clinical realities needed to protect patient data effectively.

This course covers data classification, access controls, encryption, and compliance frameworks tailored to healthcare environments. You’ll learn to design layered defenses, conduct risk assessments, and lead incident response across clinical and operational systems.

Through case studies and practical exercises, you’ll build comprehensive security strategies for healthcare organizations.

Build foundations of healthcare data protection

Explore HIPAA requirements and technical controls for protecting patient information across EHRs, imaging systems, and telehealth platforms. You’ll learn to map protection requirements to different healthcare technologies and workflows.

Understanding these foundations helps you implement security measures that protect data without disrupting clinical care delivery.

Navigate threats and conduct risk assessments

Analyze sector-specific threats like ransomware, insider risks, and supply chain attacks targeting patient data. Case studies reveal attack patterns unique to hospitals, clinics, and healthcare organizations.

You’ll design layered defenses combining network security, endpoint protection, and behavioral analytics. Through practical exercises, you’ll apply healthcare-tailored methodologies to identify, prioritize, and treat risks across IT assets and third-party vendors.

Lead incident response and recovery

Create response playbooks for breaches, from detection through notification to remediation.

You’ll build resilience strategies ensuring business continuity and capturing lessons learned for ongoing improvement across your organization.

This course is ideal for healthcare IT professionals, compliance officers, risk managers, administrators, and cybersecurity experts specializing in healthcare data protection, privacy, and incident management.

This course is ideal for healthcare IT professionals, compliance officers, risk managers, administrators, and cybersecurity experts specializing in healthcare data protection, privacy, and incident management.

• Analyze healthcare data protection requirements and evaluate compliance strategies.
• Evaluate healthcare cybersecurity threats and design effective security controls.
• Apply risk assessment methodologies to healthcare IT environments and develop comprehensive risk management plans.
• Create and evaluate incident response and breach management strategies for healthcare organizations.