HIPA-17
Critical
Weight: 10

Granular Administrative Permissions

Plain English Explanation

This question asks if you can give different administrative powers to different administrators based on their specific responsibilities. Instead of making someone a full 'super admin' with unlimited power, you can give one person just the ability to reset passwords, another only user creation rights, and another only audit log access - each admin gets exactly the tools they need, nothing more.

Business Impact

Granular administrative controls are critical for preventing insider threats and meeting HIPAA's requirements for access management. Healthcare organizations need to limit administrative powers to prevent a single compromised account from accessing all patient data. Without these controls, you're asking clients to accept unnecessary risk, often disqualifying you from enterprise healthcare opportunities.

Common Pitfalls

Many systems only offer 'all or nothing' admin access, making everyone with administrative needs a super-user with full system control. Another mistake is having granular permissions in theory but making them so complex to configure that organizations default to giving everyone full admin rights just to avoid configuration headaches.

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Question Information

Category
HIPAA Compliance
Question ID
HIPA-17
Version
4.1.0
Importance
Critical
Weight
10/10

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