NHS Digital cyber chief puts emphasis on ‘protecting patient information’
Speaking at the Digital Healthcare Show, Dan Pearce, said one of his main priorities was to “protect patient safety”.
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Cyber security news round up
Our round up features NHS Highland apologising following reports email addresses of almost 40 people who have HIV were made public by mistake.
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100 NHS boards completed cyber security training since WannaCry
It was unclear if the 100 NHS boards that had completed their training were of the 236 hospital trusts in England or of primary care NHS organisations.
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Cyber security news round-up
Our latest news round up includes research from Imperial College London which looked into the NHS’ prepardness for a secutiry incident.
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Davey Winder: Digital imaging hack must be catalyst for urgent change
It’s three years since Davey Winder first warned about the growing security threat from the Internet of Medical Things. In new research, he sees evidence that it’s an issue which is still not being taken seriously enough.
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Ransomware no longer biggest cyber security threat, report finds
Hackers are turning towards hidden HTTPs tunnels that appear as normal encrypted web traffic to target healthcare organisations, research suggests.
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Cyber security news round-up
This month’s round up from the world of cyber security features news that analysis has suggested the US healthcare cyber security market could hit £6.75bn ($8.7bn) by 2023.
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Outdated software leaves NHS ‘vulnerable to cyber attack’ new research says
Internet of Things (IoT) devices were identified as the weakest link in an IT network, according to research from software technologies company Check Point.
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Davey Winder: Is blockchain hope or hyperbole for NHS data security?
Davey Winder has something of a reputation for fortune telling. Recently he’s been asked whether blockchain could solve healthcare’s security woes. His verdict? Unconvinced.
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Cyber security news round-up
The latest round up from the world of cyber security features news that the University of St Andrews has received £37.4m to study medical data security.
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