Chapter 15

Security Rule: Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery*

Objectives

The objectives of this chapter are as follows:

  • ■  Understand the requirements for a business continuity and disaster recovery plan under the HIPAA Security Rule.
  • ■  Understand requirements under the contingency plan.
  • ■  Determine requirements for the data backup plan.
  • ■  Determine requirements for the disaster recovery plan.
  • ■  Understand requirements under the emergency mode operation plan.
  • ■  Develop testing and revision procedures.
  • ■  Understand requirements to conduct analysis on applications and data criticality.
  • ■  Develop a plan to address both operational and regulatory requirements.

Background

The areas of business continuity, business continuity ...

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