Digital Health’s review of the year, 2017
What a year 2017 has been in the world of digital health. It was a year you couldn’t avoid with AI, the ICO and CQC looming large.
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NHS England negotiating new enterprise wide licensing deal with Microsoft
NHS England is said to be in negotiations with Microsoft to put in place a new EWA for Office 2010, with a view of eventually migrating to Outlook 365.
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WannaCry: How can the NHS prevent similar attacks in the future
Erik Silfversten, a cybersecurity specialist, says the NHS is at risk from cyber-attacks similar to WannaCry if it doesn’t improve its processes.
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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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The threat of cyber attack: could cloud be a solution?
Cyber security and the cloud are both high up the agenda for NHS IT leaders. With Digital Health’s Public Cyber Security conference and Cloud Summit both drawing close, Vivienne Raper hears they needn’t be mutually exclusive priorities.
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More than a quarter of acute NHS trusts fail to undertake cyber penetrative tests
28% of acute NHS trusts and 16% of mental health trusts have not undertaken penetrative testing for cyber security in the last twelve months, according to new research from Digital Health Intelligence.
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Boost appeal of healthcare IT to drive standards, says chief security strategist
Making healthcare more exciting to young talent could be key to transforming the industry’s relationship with IT, according to Steve Moore, former VP of cyber security analytics at Anthem
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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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No surprises as WannaCry dominates cybersecurity talks at EHI Live
Healthcare executives drove home the need to adopt new ways of working to protect themselves against cyber-threats during the first day of EHI Live 2017.
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NHS Lanarkshire was left ‘vulnerable’ to WannaCry cyber attack disruption
NHS Lanarkshire was left vulnerable to a cyber attack because software updates had not been installed, an internal report has concluded.
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