Introducing: The New MIA Client

By February 2, 2016Technology

We are excited to announce that the latest MIA is now available in the Apple App Store! The new client brings with it some fantastic changes that will result in a more pleasant user experience as well as enhanced security.

The new MIA client is compatible with the new Version 8 cards that are being rolled out across the NHS. This will eliminate any potential issues that may have arisen when the new cards were issued to users.

The most significant change to the client has been the improvement to the data encryption engine and security of the data that is being synchronised. MIA now uses a very strong method of encryption (a combination of symmetric AES256 encryption and asymmetric encryption with a public key), which allows the client to run faster due to decreased load.

Users will notice that the initial synchronisation is 10 to 15 times faster than before.  As well as being faster, the combination of the symmetric and asymmetric encryption is also even more secure than the previous encryption method. MIA now also works with any synchronisation server that enables the encrypted communication by making use of the latest version of the OpenSSL cryptographic library, and supporting secure https communication.

Finally we have modified the MIA Client using some of the new tools that became available with the release of Apple’s iOS 9. This includes the app thinning feature which makes the client a smaller application, taking up less space on devices by downloading only the files required for a specific device. For example, for iPad mini, only the iPad mini files are downloaded as opposed to all of the iPad files as was the case previously. The MIA client was also cleared of depreciated functionality that was rendered obsolete with the release of iOS 9.

With the new version users can look forward to a faster, smoother and more secure MIA experience with the release of MIA Version 1.2.4722.

Josh Stannard

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