Your Organization Is Sending Confidential Patient Information Across the Internet

question 1103

Multiple Choice

Your organization is sending confidential patient information across the Internet using technology that will transform the original data into unintelligible code that can be re­created by authorized users. This technique is called

• A) a firewall.
• B) validity processing.
• C) a call-back process.
• D) data encryption.

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Definitions:

Inference Forms

Structured patterns of reasoning or argumentation that derive conclusions from premises based on logical principles.

MP

Abbreviation for "Modus Ponens," a logical argument form where from premises 'If P then Q' and 'P,' one can conclude 'Q.'

CD

A compact disc, a digital optical disc data storage format used for storing digital data.

DD

A commonly used abbreviation with multiple meanings, contextually dependent, such as "Due Diligence" in finance or "Double Density" in computing storage.