Task 1: Read and translate the text in written form

Location of incident:  
Nature and extent 
of injuries: 

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Incident description: 
(What happened?) 
Witness 
Nam
e:
Contact 
details: 
Incident reported 
to: 
Nam
e:
Date 
reported: 
1.2 Company property/equipment damage 
Extent of damage to 
company 
property/equipment: 
Vehicle or equipment 
fleet 
number/registration: 
Trailer fleet 
number/registration(s): 
1.3 Third parties involved 
Name and contact 
information: 
Nature and extent of 
injuries: 
Extent of damage to 
other 
property/equipment: 
1.4 Diagram of the incident 
(Include landmarks, street names, traffic signals, site 
map etc.) 
(Take photographs of the site, vehicles, damage and other relevant information) 
 

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1.5 Immediate containment actions
(Describe actions taken to contain/control 
this incident) 
 
1.6 Incident statement acknowledgement 
(Person providing details 
acknowledges the information recorded is true and correct)
 
Name: 
 
Signed: 
Date: 
1.7 Incident report receipt acknowledgement 
(Person receiving incident report 
acknowledges receipt of the document.)
 
Name: 
 
Signed: 
Date: 
Incident number: 
 
 
 
Task 1. Read the text “Information Technology and Security” and give your 
own opinions about security and safety. 
Physical security is a complex of tools and methods that are used to 
guarantee the safety of particular facilities that contain confidential information 
(Forte & Power, 2007). Technical security is a range of activities that are focused 
on the safety of modern technologies with a use of such methods and encryption, 
authentication, and others (Azuwa, 2015). Data redundancy is the availability of 
confidential information at more than one place at a time (Huang, Chen, Lin, You, 
& Peng, 2015). It is imperative to consider the fact that it is quite important in case 
an emergency happens. However, it should be minimized most of the time because 
it dramatically increased the risks, and it should be addressed. Overall, physical 
security is the most important and should be focused on because it is not possible 
for third parties to try and hack data if they are not able to get access to it in the 
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SECURITY AND SAFETY

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first place, and it is hard to argue with importance of such measures. Currently, 
some laws are focused on the privacy of health care information and are regulated 
by The Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 
2015). 
It needs to be said that they are quite reasonable because there is a possibility that 
it can be used for a range of criminal activities. It is also paramount to make sure 
that such information stays confidential because it may cause issues in personal 
life. However, it needs to be said that current system is in need of improvement 
because data is not as secure as it should be, and it is evident that numerous issues 
are present. 
Identifiable patient information is a kind of data that can be used to locate an 
individual (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2015). It should be said 
that health care institutions are mostly in compliance with the rules. However, 
some issues are present. Private practices are especially hard to regulate, and this 
fact should be considered. It is interesting that there may have been numerous 
instances of information disclosure, and most patients do not know about it. Also, 
it is imperative that various scientists pay attention to current issues and try to 
develop tools and methods that would help to resolve such problems (Prada et al., 
2011). 
It is especially dangerous if criminals are able to access such information because 
it can be used in various ways. The government makes sure that such instances are 
limited. However, it needs to be said that it is still possible, and the information is 
not as confidential as one may expect. New technologies make it easier to protect 
data, but there numerous complications may occur. Also, attorneys may have 
access to the information about the patients if they make a request, and there is a 
severe responsibility for the disclosure (Miller & Schlatter, 2011). 
Overall, it is necessary to collect and process such data but the fact that it may lead 
to some consequences should be addressed. It is especially problematic because the 
breach of information may cause numerous problems, and the safety of citizens 
may be in danger. There is a need of for improvement of the system, but the 

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effectiveness of some methods is still being researched, and it may not be an easy 
task to implement such systems.