Is the NHS looking to Replace it's outdated Window XP with Ubuntu?
Could the NHS really be considering switching its software infrastructure from Windows to Ubuntu,after Windows XP vulnerabilities were exploited in the recent ransomeware cyber attack that cause severe disruption to several NHS trusts?
According to Dr Jenkins, the Linux-based NHSbuntu is a "modern, secure, open source, operating system being considered by Jeremy Hunt for the NHS."
He adds that as NHSbuntu is built on the "industrial strength Ubuntu desktop," it offers a full-fat security feature set to meet the NHS's needs, including secure email, smartcard authentication and whole disk encryption, plus support for modern web browsers and popular office softtware.
He also notes Ubuntu was found to be the most secure operating system by the UK government's National Technical Authority for Information Assurance (CESG, formerly the Communications-Electronics Security Group), which is part of the National Cyber Security Centre. Although he takes a dig that this assessment was made "more than two years ago."
The NHSbuntu project is currently available to view on GitHub, and news that it is apparently being considered by Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt first appeared on the openhealth hub forums, where user Barry Schofield claims: "I have passed your disc to Jeremy Hunt and he was extremely interested. He is passing it on to his tech people."
It should be noted that while the NHSbuntu platform appears to be real,based on the GitHub code.Reports that it is one of the software options being considered by the government aren't entirely implausible,but it is not possible to independently verify the claims.
Wishful thinking,or a mischievous dig at IT funding within the NHS,Or could Canonical and Ubuntu really be the cost effective solution to cash strapped NHS trusts?
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