Dictionary · NIST SP 800-66
L2 — definitions grouped by regulatory framework.
Nouns
2 senses- Administrative Safeguards
Administrative actions, policies, and procedures to manage the selection, development, implementation, and maintenance of security measures to protect electronic health information and to manage the conduct of the covered entity's workforce in relation to protecting that information.
- Information Security
Protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide— 1) integrity, which means guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information nonrepudiation and authenticity; 2) confidentiality, which means preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information; and 3) availability, which means ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information.