Version: 1.0.2 | Published: 20 Jun 2024 | Updated: 532 days ago
Secure Email
Dataset
Summary
Type:
- Information standards
- Technical standards and specifications
Effective From:
31 March 2020
Applies To:
- Public, private and third sector organisations commissioned to deliver publicly funded health, public health and adult social care
- Commissioned email service providers (any commissioned supplier providing email services within health and care)
- Commissioners of health and care within England
Impacts On:
Implementation of this information standard impacts all IT service providers of
email systems to the above providers and commissioners. IT service providers
should work with their customers to determine necessary changes.
Conformance Date:
31 March 2020
Topics:
- Information governance
- Security
Care Settings:
- Community health
- Dentistry
- Hospital
- Maternity
- Mental health
- Pharmacy
- Social care
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
About this change
Introduces a change removing the requirement for a local organisation to implement a secure domain (secure.nhs.uk) in order to meet the standard.
Relations:
- Data Security and Protection ToolkitDCB0086
- Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Deployment and Use of Health IT SystemsDCB0160
- Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Manufacture of Health IT SystemsDCB0129
- Information technology - Security techniques - Information security management systems BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013 - Requirements
- Information technology Security techniques Code of practice for information security controlsBS ISO/IEC 27002:2013: Cabinet Office Guidance
- RFC5246 and RFC 8446 (TLS)
- RFC7208 (SPF)
- RFC6377 (DKIM)
- RFC7489 (DMARC)
- RFC8640 (TLS-RPT)
- RFC8461 (MTA-STS)
- NHS and social care data: off-shoring and the use of public cloud services
Document Control
Sponsor:
Managing Director of Platforms, Infrastructure and Live Services, NHS Digital
Approval Date:
20 December 2019
Business Lead:
Chris Parsons, Programme Head, NHS Digital
Post Implementation Review Date:
31 December 2020
Scope:
NHS Services, Health Services, Adult Social Care
SRO:
Neil Bennett, Service Director, Live Services, NHS Digital
Technical Committee:
Data Co-ordination Board (DCB)
Mandated:
Yes
Status:
active
Legal Authorities
Legal Authority:
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Legal Authority Description:
This information standard is published under section 250 of the Health and
Social Care Act 2012
Origin
Name:
NHSE-SD Data Catalogue