SECURELY CONNECTED
NHS Digital
Data First
NHS Digital’s primary goals include helping organisations make better use of health and care information and ensuring that everyone’s data is protected. The provision of the NHS Digital Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) is key to achieving these aims.

The combined Computacenter and Cisco team’s expertise and commitment meant we were able to meet the tight project deadline. By enhancing NHS Digital’s security capabilities, we’ve been able to reduce the risk of threats and disruption to patient care.
Stefan Phillips, Account Manager, Computacenter
Objectives
A new private Wide Area Network succeeds the legacy NHS N3 network, enabling NHS organisations across the UK to share digital patient records and other data via a reliable and feature-rich platform. Ensuring the security of the HSCN is vital to its success.
The business-enabling security solution delivered by Computacenter and Cisco will provide NHS Digital’s security analysts with full visibility of traffic patterns and potential threats across the HSCN.
Solution
NHS Digital partnered with Computacenter and Cisco to deploy a network analytics solution. This “business-enabling security” solution is a component of Computacenter’s Digital Trust offering.Outcome
- Increases speed of detection for security threats
- More robust network improves productivity
- Supports digitalisation