Information Technology Request

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Dear Airedale NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please forward responses to the attached questions below.
I would like the above information to be provided to me as an electronic document.
If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.

If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that information should not be treated as confidential if such an agreement has not been signed.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this letter. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Gloria Zimba.

1. Do you have a formal IT security strategy? (Please provide a link to the strategy)

A) Yes
B) No

2. Does this strategy specifically address the monitoring of network attached device configurations to identify any malicious or non-malicious change to the device configuration?

A) Yes
B) No
C) Don’t know

3. If yes to Question 2, how do you manage this identification process – is it:

A) Totally automated – all configuration changes are identified and flagged without manual intervention.
B) Semi-automated – it’s a mixture of manual processes and tools that help track and identify configuration changes.
C) Mainly manual – most elements of the identification of configuration changes are manual.

4. Have you ever encountered a situation where user services have been disrupted due to an accidental/non malicious change that had been made to a device configuration?

A) Yes
B) No
C) Don’t know

5. If a piece of malware was maliciously uploaded to a device on your network, how quickly do you think it would be identified and isolated?

A) Immediately
B) Within days
C) Within weeks
D) Not sure

6. How many devices do you have attached to your network that require monitoring?

A) Physical Servers: record number
B) PC’s & Notebooks: record number

7. Have you ever discovered devices attached to the network that you weren’t previously aware of?

A) Yes
B) No

If yes, how do you manage this identification process – is it:

A) Totally automated – all device configuration changes are identified and flagged without manual intervention.
B) Semi-automated – it’s a mixture of manual processes and tools that help track and identify unplanned device configuration changes.
C) Mainly manual – most elements of the identification of unexpected device configuration changes are manual.

8. How many physical devices (IP’s) do you have attached to your network that require monitoring for configuration vulnerabilities?

Record Number:

9. Have you suffered any external security attacks that have used malware on a network attached device to help breach your security measures?

A) Never
B) Not in the last 1-12 months
C) Not in the last 12-36 months

10. Have you ever experienced service disruption to users due to an accidental, non-malicious change being made to device configurations?

A) Never
B) Not in the last 1-12 months
C) Not in the last 12-36 months

11. When a scheduled audit takes place for the likes of PSN or Cyber Essentials, how likely are you to get significant numbers of audit fails relating to the status of the IT infrastructure?

A) Never
B) Occasionally
C) Frequently
D) Always

FOI (AIREDALE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Ms Zimba

 

Thank you for your request for information from Airedale NHS Foundation
Trust which was received on 24^th November 2021.  Your request has been
given the Reference Number ANHSFT REF 5497. 

 

We will now proceed to process the request.  The deadline date for issuing
you with a full response is  22^nd December 2021.   We will try to respond
to you before this date and we will contact you if we envisage delays or
if we need more information from you.

 

Please note that under the Freedom of Information Act, some information
can be subject to exemptions, which means that the Trust does not have to
provide the information requested.  Some exemptions are “absolute” such as
personal information and some only apply where the “public interest” in
maintaining the exemption, outweighs that of providing the information.

 

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information requires more time than the “appropriate cost limit” of two
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or free of charge information.

 

Please contact me, quoting the Reference Number above, with any questions
you might have about your request.

 

With kind regards

 

Deborah Cocker

FOI Administrator

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Steeton, KEIGHLEY, BD20 6TD

Location: IT Business Centre | Zone C | Department 48

My usual working pattern is Mon-Thurs and I am currently working from home

 

[1]http://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk / Follow us on Twitter
[2]@AiredaleNHSFT

 

 

 

 

 

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FOI (AIREDALE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Ms Zimba

Further to your application to access information under the Freedom of
Information Act (ANHSFT REF. 5497) please find our response below.
 Apologies for the late reply.

 

1.      Do you have a formal IT security strategy? (Please provide a link
to the strategy)

 

A)           Yes - attached

 

2.      Does this strategy specifically address the monitoring of network
attached device configurations to identify any malicious or non-malicious
change to the device configuration?

A)      Yes

 

3.      If yes to Question 2, how do you manage this identification
process – is it:

C)      Mainly manual – most elements of the identification of
configuration changes are manual.

 

4.      Have you ever encountered a situation where user services have
been disrupted due to an accidental/non malicious change that had been
made to a device configuration?

B)      No

 

5.      If a piece of malware was maliciously uploaded to a device on your
network, how quickly do you think it would be identified and isolated?

B)      Within days

 

6.      How many devices do you have attached to your network that require
monitoring?

A)     34 Physical Servers: record number

B)    3000  PC’s & Notebooks: record number

 

7.      Have you ever discovered devices attached to the network that you
weren’t previously aware of?

A)      Yes

 

 

If yes, how do you manage this identification process – is it:

C)      Mainly manual – most elements of the identification of unexpected
device configuration changes are manual.

 

8.      How many physical devices (IP’s) do you have attached to your
network that require monitoring for configuration vulnerabilities?

Record Number: 4000

 

9.      Have you suffered any external security attacks that have used
malware on a network attached device to help breach your security
measures?

A)      Never

B)      Not in the last 1-12 months

C)      Not in the last 12-36 months

 

10.     Have you ever experienced service disruption to users due to an
accidental, non-malicious change being made to device configurations?

A)      Never

 

11.     When a scheduled audit takes place for the likes of PSN or Cyber
Essentials, how likely are you to get significant numbers of audit fails
relating to the status of the IT infrastructure?

B)      Occasionally

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Deborah Cocker

FOI/IG Asst

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Steeton, KEIGHLEY, BD20 6TD

Location: IT Business Centre | Zone C | Department 48

My usual working pattern is Mon-Thurs and I am currently working from home

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[3]@AiredaleNHSFT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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