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E8-IBP-Australia Health Records Act (HRIP Act)

Overview of the E8 - IBP Australia Health Records Act (HRIP Act), detailing policy compliances with the Australian Health Records and Information Privacy (HRIP) Act.

Summary:

The policy aims to enforce compliance with the Australian Health Records and Information Privacy (HRIP) Act by monitoring and managing sensitive information, such as medical account numbers and tax file numbers, across organisational data.


🧾 Policy Overview

  • 🧭 Name: E8-IBP-Australia Health Records Act (HRIP Act)

  • 🔐 Purpose: Detects the presence of information regulated under the Health Records and Information Privacy Act (HRIP) in Australia, such as medical account numbers and tax file numbers.

  • 🛠️ Type: Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

  • 📦 Mode: Audit (TestWithoutNotifications)

  • 🧪 Simulation Policy: Yes

  • 📌 Status: Valid

  • 📋 Priority: 2

  • 🔑 Minimum Licensing Requirement: Microsoft 365 Business Premium


🎯 Detection Rules

✅ High Volume Detection

  • Triggers when ≥10 instances of either:

    • Australia Tax File Number

    • Australia Medical Account Number

  • Confidence Level: ≥85% (High)

  • Access Scope: NotInOrganization

  • Severity: High

  • Generates alerts and incident reports for SiteAdmin

  • Notifies: SiteAdmin, LastModifier, Owner

✅ Low Volume Detection

  • Triggers when 1–9 instances of the same identifiers

  • Same confidence level and access scope

  • Severity: Low

  • Sends notifications (no alerts or incident reports)


📍 Coverage Scope

Applies to:

  • Exchange (emails)

  • SharePoint

  • OneDrive for Business

  • Teams

  • On-Premises Scanner

Targets all locations within these services.

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