Provision of Cyber Security Analyst Services for Critical Health ICT Infrastructure Program (CHIIP) — Health Support Services

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Health Support Services awarded a contract to NEC Australia Pty Ltd for provision of a Security Analyst to support the Critical Health ICT Infrastructure Program (CHIIP).

CHIIP was responsible for modernising network and infrastructure services across more than 460 metropolitan, regional and remote WA Health sites, including replacement of end-of-life network and infrastructure assets, uplift of cyber security capabilities and reduction of technology risk, improvement of reliability and availability of critical health services, enablement of strategic digital health initiatives such as the Electronic Medical Record Program (EMR), remediation of infrastructure and security control findings identified through audit and compliance activities, and transition to contemporary managed infrastructure and support services.

The contracted Security Analyst supported WA Health's network and security services by aligning security infrastructure solutions with business requirements, security standards and operational objectives, and by providing specialist security logs analysis, technical guidance and stakeholder engagement with Health Service Providers, managed service providers, vendors and technical stakeholders to support delivery, optimisation and governance of network and telephony services across the WA Health System.