Risk Management and Risk Assessment in a Healthcare Setting

This is course three in the ISC2 Healthcare Certificate Specialization. Risk management is a crucial element for understanding information and privacy security. This domain sets the foundation for the entire course; terms defined here will be used in this book and in your day-to-day career. Risk management is one of the most complicated and important topics in information security, and this chapter does not pretend to cover all the different elements pertaining to it, but it provides a high-level glimpse of the essential concepts of this vital function. ​ In the healthcare industry, the imp…