Should the NHS outsource information governance

Introduction

The NHS is one of the biggest organisations in the world and is responsible for a staggeringly large number of confidential patient and employee records.

The NHS has frequently been in the news for the wrong reasons, including when a hard drive containing sensitive patient information somehow found its way onto eBay.

This whitepaper will attempt to determine whether, despite the inherent security risks associated with deploying third-party solutions to manage sensitive data, the NHS can really afford to continue with the same security policies they currently have.