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GPsecure secures NHS N3 network connections between GP surgeries and their primary care trusts
Hytec, part of OLM Group, has announces the availability of GPsecure, a new solution to secure NHS N3 network connections between GP surgeries and their primary care trusts (PCTs).
GPsecure will help PCTs meet NHS Connecting for Health guidelines to ensure that GP surgeries within their trusts are electronically secure. While N3 is a private network, the integrity of its data depends on its users having secure connections.
“Information security within primary care is something that the general public cares deeply about,” said Alan Hunt, Hytec’s Technical Director. “The Information Commissioner’s Office has taken action against a number of PCTs recently because of lax data security. The NHS N3 network is not inherently secure, and PCTs must act to protect patient data and their legacy applications.”
GPsecure is in use at Kensington and Chelsea PCT. As well as addressing its concerns about security of patient data, the trust has benefited from cost savings because GPsecure enabl... [ more ]
Bosch Aspirating Smoke Detector 420 Series offers early detection and exact localization of fires
Bosch Security Systems is extending its 420 Series Aspirating Smoke Detectors with a version offering very early detection and localization of fires. The new Aspirating Smoke Detector TM features ROOM-IDENT. This feature enables individual identification of up to five rooms and quickly tracks down the source of a fire in four phases, displaying the result both on the unit itself and on the Bosch Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series. The new TM version also features a ten-digit bar graph for monitoring smoke pollution.
The TM detector unit is capable of protecting areas of up to 400 square meters even under challenging environmental conditions. Potential application areas include hotels, small server rooms and small high-rise warehouses.
The complete 420 Series provides three models, all specially designed to interface with the Bosch Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series with the extended features of LSN improved technology (Local Security Network).
Bosch’s LSN bus system uses the master-s... [ more ]
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