Informatics: Improving security over the next two weeks

June 27, 2018

Over the next two weeks Informatics will be deploying changes to PCs that improve their security. These changes will restrict the applications that run on the PC to those authorised by Informatics.

If you try to load an application that is blocked, you may see one of the two warnings shown below:

This warning means the application has been blocked by the Informatics team. If you need access to the application, the Informatics Third Line team must enable your access to the application. A request should be made via the service desk giving the application name (e.g. Chrome), publisher (e.g. Google) and the business reason for accessing the application.

If you see the warning above, this means an aspect of that website you are trying to access is being blocked by the new security rules. In order to enable access to the site a call should be logged with the Informatics service desk that includes the website address (URL) and the purpose the site is being used for.

All sites ending nhs.uk have already been approved.