Certification ISO 27799: Health information security management

ISO 27799: Health information security management introduces a framework for health information security. Key areas include confidentiality, integrity and availability of health information. It is relevant to healthcare IT teams, information security staff and service managers.

Consider the need to protect sensitive information without preventing authorised care activities. Study should connect access, information sharing and incident handling with the constraints of healthcare services and the responsibilities of different users.

Preparing for this pathway starts with your professional context. For a management system, useful evidence includes defined responsibilities, controlled processes and a regular review of performance. For a guidance standard, concentrate on how its recommendations inform decisions in the organisation’s own context.

Before enrolment, compare the OO2 course objectives with your experience and the intended assessment. A preparation course does not automatically award a certification or replace the issuer’s eligibility requirements.