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There was a significant presence at the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) in Dubai, which I attended recently. My previous blog covers many of the enlightening facts and viewpoints discussed, with Zero Trust very much a common thread discussed by almost all presenters and the topic of Identity highlighted as fundamental to this. The elephant in the room that wasn’t addressed was the challenge of managing digital identity, specifically in a complex healthcare setting.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHSFT has gone live with a clinical desktop using the combination of Citrix and IGEL, with an Imprivata layer to provide single sign on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA). The combined solution, called ‘Follow Me Desktop’, has been rolled out across both the Trust’s hospitals and its maternity unit, covering 45 inpatient wards and 22 operating theatres.
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