HIPAA Security Awareness: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Hours. HIPAA-Related Security Awareness Training. Non-CE Course.

Presented By: Roy Huggins, LPC NCC

Course Description

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In this age of mobile and personal tech, most of us want to use our personal devices all the time — even at work. Fortunately, modern consumer tech is capable of the kinds of security we need in order to make that work.

This Security Awareness course for group practice/agency staff members will cover the essentials of how to manage personally-owned devices for use in the practice. After completing this course, learners may move on to their practice’s Device Security Center and begin securing and registering their personal devices.

This is not a continuing education course

Educational Objectives

Describe how personal device security protects the rights of clients and meets applicable responsibilities of both the practice and the learner
Use PCT’s Device Security Center to harden personal devices and submit personal device registrations to practice leadership
Protect personal devices from security breaches through the use of secure behaviors

Syllabus

Why Do We Care About BYOD?
How Do We Keep BYOD Secure?
- “Hardening” Devices
- “Secure Behavior”
- Bring Your Own Service (BYOS)
How Do I Secure and Register My Personal Devices?
How Do I Unregister/Retire My Personal Devices?

References

None for this course

When you have Group Practice Care Premium, this course is assignable to your team members at no additional cost. Learn more here.

Presented/Developed By

Roy Huggins, LPC NCC, is a counselor in private practice who also directs Person-Centered Tech. Roy worked as a professional Web developer for 7 years before changing paths and makes it his mission to grow clinicians’ understanding of the Internet and other electronic communications mediums for the future of our practices and our professions.

Roy is an adjunct instructor at the Portland State University Counseling program where he teaches Ethics and is a member of the Zur Institute advisory board. He has acted as a subject matter expert on HIPAA, security, and clinical use of technology for Counseling licensure boards, and both state and national mental health professional organizations. He has co-authored or authored 2 book chapters, and he routinely consults with mental health colleagues on ethical and practical issues surrounding tech in clinical practice. He served for 5 years on the board of the Oregon Mental Health Counselors Association and then the Oregon Counseling Association as the Technology Committee Chair.

He really likes this stuff.

Program Notices

Accuracy, Utility, and Risks Statement: This program discusses strategies for complying with HIPAA, state rules in general, and professional ethics codes. It may not include information on all applicable state laws. Misapplication of the materials, or errors in the materials, could result in security problems, data breaches, or non-compliance with applicable laws or ethics codes.

Conflicts of Interest: None noted.

Commercial Support: None.

This course is subject to our cancellation/refund policy and complaint policy.