NHSnet—learning from academia

摘要

The Joint Academic Network (JANET) and the NHS network NHSnet are both large, widespread computer networks in the United Kingdom, and the lessons learnt in creating JANET should be considered for NHSnet. Policy decisions about security, connectivity, and finance have a great effect on the type of network that is created. Confidentiality is of paramount importance in NHS communications, and it is vital that NHSnet has secure safeguards built into it. Connecting a computer to thousands of others must make it less secure; security has to be the remit of end users.