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FOI 5086 ICT

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  1. Number of employees: 10576 (headcount)
  2. URL Filtering vendor: Sophos
  3. URL Filtering annual cost: n/a – this is a bundled cost including several other Sophos products
  4. URL Filtering expiry date: 03/2020
  5. Firewall vendor: Cisco/Sophos
  6. Firewall annual cost: Cisco: £7K / Sophos: n/a – part of a bundled cost
  7. Firewall expiry date: Cisco: 03/2018 / Sophos: 02/2018
  8. Sandboxing vendor: n/a
  9. Sandboxing annual cost: n/a
  10. Sandboxing expiry date: n/a
  11. Guest WiFi vendor: part of main wifi setup (Cisco)
  12. Guest WiFi annual cost: n/a
  13. Guest WiFi expiry date: 04/2020 (for overall wifi setup)
  14. Number of Egress Points: 1x resilient internet link; 3x resilient N3 links
  15. VPN Vendor: Cisco/Netscaler
  16. Number of IT Security Breaches in past 12 months: Two
  17. Are you using Office 365: no
  18. Are you scanning SSL traffic: no
  19. What are your MPLS costs per year: £129K
  20. How many locations do you have connected to your MPLS Network: 6x (1Gb/100Mb resilient/diverse links)
  21. Who are the people responsible for Network Security: in house
  22. Which cloud Platform or platforms as a Service (PAAS) are you using / looking to use. (AWS, Azure, Google): none
  23. Who is your Head of Security or Chief Information Security Officer: We do not have a Head of Security, we have Information Systems Security Specialist within the ICT Directorate and a Head of Information Governance based within the Safety and Governance Directorate. The Executive Lead for Information Security is David Burbridge, Interim Director of Corporate Affairs.
  24. Who is your Chief Information Officer or Chief Technology Officer: We do not have a Chief Information Officer or Chief Technology Officer. We have a Chief Clinical Information Officer, Matthew Rooney who performs this role in addition to his clinical role as Consultant Anaesthetist.
  25. Who is your Senior Cloud Architect: n/a
  26. What VPN / RAS solution do you use: Cisco ipsec / Netscaler SSL / ISL
  27. How much is your VPN / RAS solution renewal cost: £1,800 (HW) / £16,667 (Licences)
  28. When is your VPN / RAS solution due to be renewed: licences carry on – hardware 03/2018

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