[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
been following the thread on Opting out of the NHS system with interest. Came across the following. I am sure the NHS system will be better but... http://www.vancouversun.com/health/health+security+report+withheld/2590803/story.html Extract Some sample findings from Doyle's 30-page report, one of two issued recently on the government's mismanaged electronic health initiatives. "No intrusion prevention and detection systems exist to prevent or detect certain types of [online] attacks. Open network connections in common business areas. Dial-in remote access servers that bypass security. Open accounts existing, allowing health care data to be copied even outside the Vancouver Coastal Health Care authority at any time." More than 4,000 users were found to have access to the records in the database, many of them at a far higher level than necessary. "Almost all users have some access to confidential information about all clients in the database. Many clients' full health information is accessible to a large number of users. Team memberships are not up to date, meaning that many unauthorized users could have access to client records that they should not have." -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Tue Mar 23 21:16:30 GMT 2010
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
-- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html