watchguard technologies
Any development at Northern Lincolnshire had to conform to
the requirements set out in the NHS guide Connecting for
Health which includes definitions of best practice security for
NHS networks. “That is a much higher level than is required for
private sector businesses.”
environment. It would give all users within the The solution selected involved WatchGuard
COIN access to a portfolio of local and na- Technologies’ UTM (Unified Threat Manage-
tional applications at all times without com- ment) security appliances being installed at
promising system availability or performance. every site within the COIN, along with devel-
The benefits of this highly flexible network- oping a resilient VPN (Virtual Private Network)
ing arrangement could not be achieved, how- mesh that includes support for mobile devices.
ever, if it meant that personal data would be All IP (Internet Protocol) addresses were re-
placed at risk in any way.” worked to eliminate possible duplications and
thereby enforce access security.
Experience in NHS to draw upon
WatchGuard devices were chosen because
they offered high performance and reliability,
Network teams working within the NHS start along with easy installation and management.
off with the advantage of the Service’s long They also meet the specific technical stand-
experience of implementing technology in a ards set by Connecting for Health. These include
specialised environment.
Codes of practice have evolved in key areas
• Certification to Common Criteria Evalua-
such as communications: any development
tion Assurance Level 4 (EAL4)
at Northern Lincolnshire had to conform to the
requirements set out in the NHS guide Con-
• Encryption of data to AES 256 standard
necting for Health which includes definitions • IPsec VPN protocols that support secure
of best practice security for NHS networks.
exchange of packets in the IP layer.
“That is a much higher level than is required
for private sector businesses”, McKay noted. The two major hospitals at Grimsby and
The value for money criterion applied to Scunthorpe installed WatchGuard X1250e
public sector purchases properly takes into Core UTM appliances, while high-perform-
account the cost of installation and subse- ance WatchGuard Peak 6500es appliances are
quent maintenance. installed at the two main headquarters sites.
In the case of Northern Lincolnshire, those Over 120 WatchGuard appliances have been
were important considerations as it could not installed across the local community including
be a cost-effective option if extensive staff GP surgeries and other clinical and office sites.
resources were needed to handle any secu-
rity system complementing the organisation’s
new VPN.
“Whatever solution we selected to meet the
security requirements had to ease the burden
on our IT staff. It had to be easy to install and
manage from a single, central location.”
WatchGuard Technologies selected
Consistent with the purchasing policies within
the NHS, Northern Lincolnshire conducted a
detailed evaluation of solutions in the mar-
ketplace, and invited tenders.
The challenge facing the North Lincolnshire team was how to ensure the security of person-identifiable
data which is moving between two points in a VPN, over a common physical network infrastructure.
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