Government response to Caldicott promises further £21m cyber investment
The government response to Dame Caldicott’s data security review has been released promising a multi-million pound cyber-security fund and data protection penalties.
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Ransomware must be tackled from the centre
The recent WannaCry attack highlighted the difficulty of managing cyber security in the highly devolved English NHS system, where there is no central control of IT systems.
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BCS publishes cyber security blueprint for NHS
The BCS says lack of NHS accountability and investment in cyber-security were to blame for the widespread disruption across the NHS caused by Wannacry.
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Joe’s view: On the need for a Bat Signal
Joe mourns the original Batman, reflects on why healthcare IT needs a Bat Signal, and ponders how one has been informally created through the Health CIO and CCIO Networks.
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Cybersecurity news round-up
In the first of our new monthly cybersecurity news round-ups, we report on limited confidence in medical device security, fines for data protection breaches, and the news that healthcare is responsible for most data protection incidents in the UK.
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NHS Digital on cyber-attack: “We can be better prepared”
NHS Digital admits the organisation could have done better during the global cyber-attack that crippled parts of the NHS last month.
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Microsoft releases new patches to fix further NSA cyber exploits
Microsoft has issued a new series of critical security patches to fix three further vulnerabilities, targeted by National Security Agency in the set of leaked exploits that included Wannacry, responsible for the cyber-attack that floored parts of the NHS last month.
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Why resilience should be central to cybersecurity
In the aftermath of the ransomware attack, NHS trusts have been encouraged to focus their efforts on preventing future such incidents. Sensible advice, argues Mark Jackson, but it can mask the reality that it will never be possible to entirely prevent every single attack. Instead, he argues, organisations need to be building their cyber resililence.
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REVIEW: One month on from WannaCry ransomware attack
Digital Health News finds out how Kettering Trust dealt with the cyber-attack that struck a month ago today, through preventative measures.
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