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Vaccinating Handheld Computers
By InformationWeek
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Article Date: 2003-05-07
Johns Hopkins Medicine has turned to a firewall designed for handheld computers to protect doctors who are using Pocket PC devices to gain instant access to medical data. The medical school and health-care organization recently deployed a wireless LAN to let doctors use the devices to update medical records, access radiography information, and write prescriptions. But security was a concern.
Johns Hopkins is using Bluefire Security Technologies' Mobile Firewall Plus, which supports the Advanced Encryption Standard to secure data. The firewall enforces strict device password protection and provides network communication analysis to help protect against potential threats. It also alerts IT managers when it spots unwanted changes to system files, registries, and applications.
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