NHS gets encryption

[Charles Lindsey]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:27:21 -0000, Mary Hawking  
<maryhawking@tigers.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Connecting for Health  has finally purchased encryption for the NHS -  
> SafeBoot
>
> http://shorterlink.co.uk/14015
> http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/infogov/security
> /encryptiontool
>
> No mention of making it available to other departments.. ;-<

Well that site seems to show that someone is looking into security for the  
NHS systems. But it seems like a classic case of trying to retrofit  
security long after the original design of the system.

At least their proposals for securing laptops seem sensible (as they jolly  
well should be given all the recent mishaps).

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