ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 Simon Harden, Director Information Systems ADSL- Virtual Private Network Connection for Home Viewing, Conforming to the NHSIA Code of Connection

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 N3 N3 – serving the health community Community site GP PCT Acute trust ADSL Social services Pharmacists Dentists Prison services etc. Connect over local LANs and WANs or direct to N3 as appropriate

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 N3 BT managed service 18,000 connections Starts April 16th NPfIT requirements fully funded (PACS?) Home workers locally paid for ADSL mentioned as existing service VPNs part of core service

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 Initials Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line 512Kb – 2Mb Who is ISP? Virtual Private Network As if on main network Encrypted

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 Broadband Connections DSL (512Kbs upwards) ISDN (128Kbs upwards) Satellite (what you pay for) 3MB image: 56Kbs modem – 6.5m 128Kbs – 3+m 512Kbs - 48s 2Mbs - 12s

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 What’s the Problem? Data Protection Act Caldicott confidentiality rules NHSnet Code of Connection Patient history

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 Public ADSL Secure ID token or biometrics Firewall with NHSIA approved rules VPN to NHSIA standards Independent penetration testing NHS owned and managed PC Firewall on PC Adapted security policy

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 Private ADSL Talk to NHSIA ADSL IP Central Dedicated line at home Simplifies some of the security Can also be used for Small remote sites Teleradiology between sites Will be superseded eventually by N3

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 Practical Tips Talk to local NHSnet security manager Shared portables Citrix for client

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 Picture VPN connection & encryption Firewall ADSL ‘modem’ Home In Trust but insecure Trust network NHSnet connection In Trust and secure

ADSL & VPNs 25th March, 2004 Links General Security Guidance NHSnet Code of Connection Rules For Broadband Access Use of consumer broadband to Access NHSnet over the Internet N3