Cybersecurity news round-up
This month’s industry round-up takes a look at the 12-month anniversary of the The National Cyber Security Centre and the NHS’s new SMS-based alerts system.
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WannaCry: NHS England stresses need for better communications
NHS Digital and NHS England admit more needs to be done in establishing a better communication process to prevent cyber-attacks.
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NHSmail account launches phishing attack
A NHSmail account has been hijacked and used to launch a phishing attack to extract sensitive details from other NHS staff.
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Northern Lincolnshire cyber-attack likely ransomware
The attack, which knocked out the northern trust’s IT systems for four days, described as a type of malware that encrypted data.
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National Cyber Security Centre to help tackle NHS threats
The National Cyber Security Centre became operational this week and some of its first goals will be improving security practices in the NHS.
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Shaw says NHS is under frequent cyber attack
The NHS is under frequent cyber attack, with a national attack that “may or may not” have been state sponsored having been launched just this month, the chief operating officer of NHS Digital has said.
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NHS Digital to roll out new CareCERT cyber security services
NHS Digital is to start rolling out its expanded portfolio of CareCERT cyber security services across health and social care.
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Dan Taylor: The difficult second column
The head of the Health and Social Care Centre’s security operations wants to know if it should be offering a Cyber Security PDR to health and care organisations (so tell him…)
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NHS urged to take security steps ahead of Caldicott report
NHS organisations have been urged to appoint a senior information risk owner alongside a Caldicott Guardian – and to make sure that both are operating at “board or equivalent level.”
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Dan Taylor: taking security out of the bunker
The head of the Health and Social Care Centre’s security operations may work in a super secure area, but in a new column for Digital Health he argues that security is far too important to be left to the experts.
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