Tamara is behind on her work as an analyst and decides she needs to do some work at home tonight. she copies the files she has been working on (which contain phi) to a flash drive and drops the flash drive in her purse for later use. when tamara gets home, the flash drive is missing. is this a security breach?
a. no, tamara does not know who has the flash drive or whether the phi was accessed, so it is not a security breach.
b. yes, it is a security breach. the data on the flash drive was not encrypted or otherwise protected and there is no way to undo the potential damage because the flash drive is lost.
c. no, tamara's loss of the flash drive was accidental.
d. no, anyone who picked up the flash drive would not know what it is or how to use it.