Chapter Review

This chapter provided an overview of the worldwide concerns about security in cyberspace and in particular the nationwide issues with cybersecurity in healthcare, including threats to infrastructure and the shifting of threat vectors from college kids to nation-sponsored initiatives to support the exploitation of vulnerabilities in cyberspace. The chapter covered the need for legislation and rules and the initiatives of the United States and other nations to protect themselves from threats to confidentiality, integrity, availability, and privacy in cyberspace.

Some of the latest initiatives for improving security in cyberspace discussed in this chapter included federal breach laws created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment ...

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