Business Cloud Computing Essay

America’s healthcare industry is undergoing massive changes.  Two apparent issues are potential privacy and security

issues that can arise with digital medical records and cloud computing, especially all the sensitive medical data on the
cloud, including your personal information and PHI (Protected Health Information).   
 

Your research paper includes the two significant issues as below:   
• First, briefly explain the characteristics and benefits of cloud computing, cloud computing delivery (SaaS,
PaaS, and IaaS), and deployment (Private, Public, Hybrid) models, and discuss the cloud computing
environment’s impact on potential privacy and security issues in the healthcare industry.  
• Second, discuss the potential privacy and security risks in healthcare industries/institutions handling digital
medical records in the cloud computing environment and how to cope with the issues.