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NHS Secure Boundary – the next layer of cyber protection for the NHS

York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the first organisation to be fully integrated into NHS Secure Boundary. Find out more about this milestone.

Date:: 13 February 2020

NHS Digital’s plan to provide world-class next generation firewalls to help protect the increasing digital perimeter of the NHS has reached a significant milestone, York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the first organisation to be fully integrated into NHS Secure Boundary and will lead the way for other organisations to get on board.

Alfie Harvey, strategic delivery lead at NHS Digital’s Data Security Centre, has provided an update to DigitalHealth on the progress so far, as well as feedback from our early adopter.

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