Running head: CASE STUDY 15: BREACHING THE SECURITY 1 Case Study 15: Breaching the Security of an Internet Patient Portal Elizabeth Cotter Thomas Edison State College Nursing Informatics 531 Professor T. Dusaj August 17, 2013 Abstract Kaiser Permanente's (KP) August 2000 debacle resulted in breaches of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)..