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Cyber security underpins the safe and secure delivery of digital health services. Modern healthcare critically depends on reliable, effective digital infrastructure, playing a key contribution to productivity and efficiency as well as patient safety.Ā
Dame Fiona Caldicottās latest report wanted a āsimpleā way for patients to have their data opt-out wishes recorded across the health and care system. As Jennifer Trueland discovers, finding a technical solution to do that may be anything but.
The National Cyber Security Centre became operational this week and some of its first goals will be improving security practices in the NHS.
The NHS is under frequent cyber attack, with a national attack that āmay or may notā have been state sponsored having been launched just this month, the chief operating officer of NHS Digital has said.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has been hacked. Whatās that to do with healthcare IT? Well, it was health records that were targeted, using a strategy that the NHS should be on guard against, says Davey Winder.
Our cyber security columnist is worried that in all the high-level enthusiasm for health apps, far too little thought is being given to security. Is it time for a new approach to accreditation?
NHS Digital is to start rolling out its expanded portfolio of CareCERT cyber security services across health and social care.
