CyberSecurity & BlockChain

Healthcare and Information Security

3. Information Security

Information Security is the practice of preventing unauthorized access, views, modification, recording or deletion of information at rest (Data stored in Storage/Memory) and/or on transition (Data traveling through the Internet and inbound/outbound in/to Organization Networks) as well as the information assurance (The Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) of the information) which ensures that data is not lost (i.e: Defect), accessed by the wrong person (i.e: Attacker) or is not available due to natural disasters, computer/server malfunctions or physical thefts.