McAfee to aid NHS in data protection

MUMBAI, INDIA: McAfee today announced that National Health Service Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) has selected its solutions to provide encryption and port control to protect confidential data on NHS computers and devices.

McAfee Data Protection will provide 700,000 licenses for device encryption, port control, secure content encryption and mobile encryption to NHS organizations and related bodies across England.

Data will be protected on devices like PCs, laptops, PDAs and smartphones, content on hard drives and removable media and computer ports.

"McAfee Data Protection technology closely matched our extensive requirements and at a price that represents exceptional value for the taxpayer," said Mark Ferrar, director of infrastructure, technology office, NHS Connecting for Health.

"As part of the agreement, we are also working closely with our partner, Trustmarque Solutions, to set up a nationwide structure to offer training and implementation for IT managers within the applicable NHS bodies across England," said Jan Van Vliet, vice president of sales, McAfee Data Protection Business Unit, EMEA.