The health care industry is under constant threat from accidental and intentional data breaches and malicious attacks. Cybersecurity professionals who can protect personal health care data are vital to the well-being of patients, health care institutions—and our society in general. With Capella’s online Master of Science in Information Assurance and Security, Health Care Security specialization, you can become part of the security infrastructure that serves this important and growing need.

The curriculum is designed around industry standards and provides students with the foundational information that contributes to the knowledge required to sit for the HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP®) and Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS®) exams. The core curriculum in this program includes a common body of knowledge represented in several leading security certifications, including CISSP®.

Guided by faculty with practical and academic experience in health care cybersecurity, you’ll learn how to:

• Analyze ethical, legal, and regulatory issues related to health care security, privacy, and compliance
• Implement physical and technical information safeguards in the health care environment
• Develop and apply investigative, compliance, and enforcement processes
• Develop best practices for information management of vital health care data