ENV 12251:2000

ENV 12251:2000 is a standardization document published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Health informatics - Secure user identification for health care - Management and security of authentication by passwords". This standard covers: This European Prestandard is designed to improve the authentication of individual users of health care IT system, by strengthening the automatic software procedures associated with the management of user identifiers and passwords, without resorting to additional hardware facilities. This European Prestandard applies to all information systems (hereafter called systems) within the health care environment that handle or store sensitive person identifiable health information, using passwords as the only means of authenticating the entered user identifier, i.e., verifying the claimed identity of a user. Systems that fall within the scope of this European Prestandard include for example electronic patient record systems, patient administrative systems and laboratory systems, containing personal health information. This European Prestandard does not apply to systems outside the health care environment. Neither does it apply to systems within the health care environment that use other means of identification and authentication, such as smart cards, biometric methods or other technical facilities.

This European Prestandard is designed to improve the authentication of individual users of health care IT system, by strengthening the automatic software procedures associated with the management of user identifiers and passwords, without resorting to additional hardware facilities. This European Prestandard applies to all information systems (hereafter called systems) within the health care environment that handle or store sensitive person identifiable health information, using passwords as the only means of authenticating the entered user identifier, i.e., verifying the claimed identity of a user. Systems that fall within the scope of this European Prestandard include for example electronic patient record systems, patient administrative systems and laboratory systems, containing personal health information. This European Prestandard does not apply to systems outside the health care environment. Neither does it apply to systems within the health care environment that use other means of identification and authentication, such as smart cards, biometric methods or other technical facilities.

ENV 12251:2000 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 35.240.80 - IT applications in health care technology. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

ENV 12251:2000 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 12251:2004, EN 3840:2007, EN ISO 14719:2011, EN ISO 26845:2008; is excused to ENV 13729:2000. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.

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