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As a security consultant I believe that your first and foremost duty is to the customer. If you are not looking out for the welfare of the customer then you will not have their trust or their business. Second, as an employee of a company, it is imperative that you are staying within the bounds of the requirements and what was financially agreed upon; it is only good business after all.

In HIPPA it identifies the Security Rule that protects a subset of information covered by the Privacy Rule, which is all individually identifiable health information a covered entity creates, receives, maintains or transmits in electronic form ( Secretary, H. O., & (OCR), O. F., 2013). This rule spells out the minimum security practices with which a company or covered entity would have to abide. If your company is following these guidelines then I feel that they are within their rights not too implement a solution which would incur an increased cost.

However, if the company is trying to field a product which does not satisfy the security requirements which are imposed for the health care industry that is when it is important to call foul and address the issue through the proper channels.

If the company and/or customer continues to disregard your recommendations even after presenting all of the facts then it is imperative that the proper authorities be notified and that you take your leave from the company. James 4:17 says, "So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin."

A lot of the time it is really tough to do the right thing...especially because the costs more often than not end up being more than what we want to pay. But I have learned that the cost is worth it.

No matter what the circumstance is, as long as we have our eyes fixed on Christ, nothing he calls us to do will be too much.

References Secretary, H. O., & (OCR), O. F. (2013, July 26). Summary of the HIPAA Security Rule. Retrieved from

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