Title: Identify guidelines for disposal of data.
Course: Health Informatics (14157-I) > Section: Investigating Cybersecurity in Health Care

Identification should include

- defining the term media sanitization
- trends in data storage media
  - magnetic media
  - flash memory-based storage devices, or solid-state drives (SSDs)
  - self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
  - cloud storage options

- trends in sanitization
  - overwrite techniques
  - destructive techniques
  - cryptographic erase (CE)

- categories of sanitization
  - clear
  - purge
  - destroy.

Teacher Resource: Guidelines for Media Sanitization (https://www.hhs.gov/answers/hipaa/what-is-phi/index.html), National Institute of Standards and Technology

Process/Skill Questions:

- How secure are flash drives that contain patient information?
- Is it possible to secure a flash drive that contains patient information?