Cheshire West & Chester Council use Becrypt tVolution Mini to secure child protection services data

Cheshire West & Chester Council have chosen Becrypt's tVolution Mini to enable secure access for users from multiple agencies to access its data systems for Child Protection Services. The Council has deployed tVolution Mini, Becrypt’s pocket-sized mini-computer, to enable 300 multiple health and social services agencies - including police, schools, doctors and children’s services – secure access to child protection data that resides on premise within the Councils’ PSN infrastructure.
CoSocius (Cheshire West & Chester Councils’ shared services venture together with Cheshire East Council), has deployed tVolution Mini from Becrypt as a practical, cost effective solution to provide secure and fully managed multi-agency access to a web application that is used to manage all child protection data. The application is used to access all information relating to children including contacts, referrals, assessment, and plans providing a full 360 degree view of a child.

A secure miniature computer device, tVolution Mini plugs into a monitor or TV and, along with a keyboard, mouse and wireless internet access, enables user-friendly, fully-managed secure remote access to the network.

Dave Hudson, CoSocius’ Managing Director said; “The PSN guidelines dictate that access to a Council’s infrastructure must only be through a secure managed endpoint. For Cheshire West & Chester Council this posed a real challenge, for which tVolution Mini was the only solution that solved the key challenges of security, cost and usability.”

“tVolution Mini provides an easy to use, practical solution, is cost effective and enables information to be accessed safely and securely, reducing the risks of data being shared inappropriately. tVolution Mini provides us with a managed endpoint that ultimately helps us to meet our safeguarding targets. We can share up to date information amongst the key parties, which helps us to act faster and protect those children who may be at risk,” said Sonia Bassey, Integrated Early Support Senior Manager – Performance Cheshire West & Chester Council.

Dr Bernard Parsons, CEO at Becrypt, said; “tVolution Mini has been designed to enable remote and mobile working where users need to access a secure and trusted infrastructure. It is ideal for both commercial and public sector organisations since it is easy to deploy and can be centrally managed, without affecting the user experience. For Cheshire West & Chester Council it provides a cost effective, practical solution that helps them to deliver vital and important joined up services across multiple agency partners.”