Here here Greg. Trying to convince clients they need security is the biggest battle. Most want no paswords to logon to the network and can't see why they should logout or close their clinical apps at the end of the day.
I reported the Telstra and Internode Wireless routers (as part of BFH) as a security nightmare to several people and none cared. At that point WPA was not out. So hearing one turned up configured with no security doesn't surprise me. Yes test restore's can be very dangerous, but all surgeries have aspare server don't they. In the good old days Medical Spectrum offered a service, send us your backup tape and we will test restore it on one of our servers. Worth every penny that they charged. The accreditation folk don't help either. One pulled up a GP for leaving the room and not locking is screensaver when he left the consult room. A receptionist had banged on his door as a patient in the waitroom had chest pain !! Then same accreditation inspector told the GP how easy it was to lock and unlock the screensaver. Just hold down the Windows key and press the 'L' key. -useful I agree But blew it by suggesting to use 'zz' as the password to unlock. Andrew C Gold Coast <snip> Mark, My favourite is the case of the GP who restored an old backup over her current data. Getting back her current data from the obscure location on the HDD, not the disk she thought it was on, was even more fun. We have to make very clear to the vast majority of non-IT enthusiast GPs that test-restores are dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. The Telstra B4H router delivered to a practice with the wireless on, no WPA security, but the firewall off, being another memorable experience. The practice had no knowledge of or intention to use the wireless feature. My biggest concern about GP computing is the steadily-increasing complexity of their systems, and the required maintenance - the monthly PBS 'content update' disk are the latest - without the necessary support to keep the majority of practices on top of things. Hence a steady stream of newsletter articles and help desk calls. Many Divisions don't have anyone, of course. I also run a business as a consultant/support provider, and practice security is a never ending challenge. GPs who don't know, aren't skilled enough, still don't want understand the need for or want to pay for proper support in many cases. The Practice Security IT manual, now associated with B4H, the new PIP incentives and accreditation, has been a help as it has given my colleagues, where they still exist, and me a chance to assist members to think about what they need. DoHA still has little insight into what practices need, despite all the hoopla about DNIMP, MHN and B4H. Nor do I think they care. Greg -- Greg Twyford Information Management & Technology Program Officer Canterbury Division of General Practice E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph.: 02 9787 9033 Fax: 02 9787 9200 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL *********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail and their attached files, including replies and forwarded copies, are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged or prohibited from disclosure and unauthorised use. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon this message or its attachments is prohibited. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
