A healthcare company needs to ensure the privacy of its patients' health records. When considering the deployment of a new online patient portal, which measure is most effective for protecting the privacy of health records that are accessed and transmitted through the portal?
Requiring multi-factor authentication for user access to the portal
Applying data masking techniques to the records before storage
Encrypting data in transit
Implementing geographic restrictions on where the health records can be accessed
Encrypting data in transit is the most effective measure for protecting the privacy of health records as it prevents unauthorized parties from intercepting and reading the information as it travels over the network. While data masking and geographic restrictions are also security measures, they address different aspects of data protection and do not offer comprehensive protection for data in transit like encryption does. Multi-factor authentication is crucial for verifying user identity but does not protect the privacy of data as it is transmitted.
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