Kingston Primary Care Trust (PCT) is working with Virgin Media Business and CRYPTOCard to offer staff secure remote access to its central clinical database. Initially being rolled out to 450 users, the provision of secure access to content and applications will enable extended opening hours across GP surgeries, and is in line with the Out-of-Hours services requirement within the new GP contract.

Using a fibre optic network from Virgin Media Business, Kingston PCT will start offering staff remote access to the central database via broadband in the next month. All users requiring access to the central systems from remote locations will be asked to enter a secure one-time password provided by a special token and validated by the MAS service from CRYPTOCard.

“When looking at the need to provide remote access and ultimately compliance with the new GP contract, it was clear that two-factor authentication was essential – and the solution chosen had to be robust, flexible and easy to use,” said Ed Montgomery, Head of ICT, Kingston PCT. “Virgin Media Business provided the network to support the MAS cloud-based service requiring minimal management or overhead, making it a compelling solution and the perfect fit for our requirements.”

MAS is a managed authentication service that leverages cloud-based security technologies to offer unrivalled availability and service levels. It uses utility model pricing to ensure affordability and is easily integrated within existing infrastructures.

“In the health service, making sure that only the right people have access to the right information is absolutely crucial. Being able to securely access medical data whilst on the move is a fantastic example of how Primary Care Trusts can enable greater collaboration across various locations and offer a superior level of service to their local residents,” said David Astley, head of health and emergency services at Virgin Media Business.

“Too frequently remote access to data is compromised by inadequate user identification solutions that are neither robust enough nor convenient to use. Kingston PCT is now able to offer 450 employees the highest level of secure access within a flexible and easy to use solution,” said Neil Hollister, President and CEO, CRYPTOCard. “MAS is unique in that it allows organisations to use two-factor authentication but does not require them to install equipment or manage the solution on a day-to-day basis. For Kingston, the ability to wrap this up into an overall networking deal with Virgin Media Business made procurement even easier.”

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About CRYPTOCard

CRYPTOCard, the authentication authority, helps organizations mitigate the risk of identity theft by using appropriate authentication to secure digital identities. Headquartered in Canada and the UK, CRYPTOCard’s products are used by thousands of companies in more than 70 countries globally.

CRYPTOCard’s award-winning authentication platform benefits its users by delivering an exceptionally low cost of ownership. The platform, available as a cloud based service or server based application, offers unrivalled automated provisioning to reduce management time by up to 90%, and an innovative and wide ranging mix of hardware, software, SMS, phone or grid based tokens to ensure that any business's authentication framework strategy is fully covered.

Established in 1989 and with a proud heritage of technology and product leadership, CRYPTOCard’s flagship product, CRYPTO- MAS, is the world’s first enterprise cloud-based authentication platform, offering users the greatest management functionality and the widest and most innovative range of tokens

About Virgin Media Business

Virgin Media Business is the UK’s only telco with a nationwide fibre optic Next Generation Network. Launched in February 2010, the company aims to bring the Virgin philosophy to the business telecoms market. Providing innovative, high quality solutions built on brilliant customer service.

Virgin Media Business is the largest business-to-business brand in the Virgin group. With a strong product portfolio that includes its market leading Ethernet services. It uses its network asset in order to create bespoke tailored telecoms solutions for its customers. Employees are located at 40 offices across the UK, allowing Virgin Media Business to be closer to its customers in every sense. 

Previously known as ntl:Telewest Business, organisations working with Virgin Media Business include London City Airport, Arqiva, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Partnership and South West Water.

About Virgin Media

With almost 10 million customers, Virgin Media is the UK's first quad-play provider of broadband, TV, phone and mobile.
The company is one of the largest residential broadband providers in the UK, using a unique fibre optic cable network to deliver next generation ultrafast internet access of up to 50Mb to just over half of all homes. Combined with a high speed ADSL service and mobile broadband products, Virgin Media is able to offer broadband internet access to virtually the entire country.

Virgin Media has the UK’s most advanced TV on demand service and is the only TV platform to carry BBC iPlayer. It is the second largest provider of pay TV, was the first to launch a high definition TV service and offers a high-specification, HD-ready V+ personal video recorder.

The company operates the most popular virtual mobile network in the UK which, when launched, was the world’s first such mobile phone service. It is also one of the largest fixed-line home phone providers in the country.
Virgin Media also owns Virgin Media Television (VMtv) which runs seven entertainment channels, including Virgin1, LIVING, Bravo and Challenge. VMtv is a 50 per cent joint partner with BBC Worldwide in UKTV, which consists of ten channels including Dave, G.O.L.D., Watch and Alibi.

With operations based entirely in the UK, Virgin Media Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (VMED) and the London Stock Exchange (VMED).
For more information, go to http://www.virginmedia.com/