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FOI Request 981 - IT Viruses
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Case Number 981
Request Date 13/02/2009

Details of the Request


  1. How many times have viruses or other malware penetrated your IT systems in the year 2007/08?
  2. How many times have these viruses / malware affected clinical departments and affected clinical procedures in 2007/8?
  3. How many times have viruses or other malware penetrated your IT systems in the year 2002/03?
  4. Do you currently have a virus updating policy. If so, what is it?
  5. Do you maintain a record of the viruses that have got through?
  6. If so, what viruses have been found in your system in 2007/8?
  7. How many breaches of computer security have you experienced in the year 2002/03?
  8. How many breaches of computer security have you experienced in the year 2007/08?
  9. How many breaches of computer security experienced in 2002/2003 and 2007/2008?

Completion Date 23/03/2009


Details of the Response

Thank you for your request to Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust regarding Computer Security/Viruses, please see the IT Managers response below:
  • Historical data is not accessible.

Do you currently have a virus updating policy. If so, what is it?
  • Yes. All PCs and Servers update in real time - i.e. as soon as the Anti-virus vendor provides an update, it gets downloaded and distributed to all machines. Typically this happens most days.


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