Cyber Security
Cyber security news round-up
Our latest cyber round-up covers new guidelines for internet-connected toys and rumours that Facebook is shopping around for a cyber security company.
9 November 2018
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Cyber Security
Bolton gets proactive with threat detection capabilities
The trust has selected Vectra’s Cognito platform to secure its IT networks against cyber-attacks and help ease strain on the community provider’s IT security team.
30 October 2018
Cyber Security
Lancashire trust tightens IT security bootstraps with ‘gold standard’ accreditation
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has been accredited an ISO 27001 certification in information security following an independent assessment.
24 October 2018
Cyber Security
Davey Winder: Is Cyber Essentials Plus certification really the answer to NHS insecurity?
It seems NHS Digital is opposing a recommendation that all NHS organisations comply with the Cyber Essentials Plus Standard by June 2021. And while there is no evidence that cyberattacks have declined since the WannaCry incident which led to the recommendation’s creation, our expert columnist specultates the opposition may just be justified.
16 October 2018
Case Study
Confronting the cyber threat and staying compliant
Cybercrime is on the march and brings with it the risk of worryingly levels of disruption to vital services – healthcare chief among them. In May 2017, WannaCry ransomware affected a third of NHS acute trusts and gave an insight into the impact such attacks can have.
12 October 2018
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Government puts cost of WannaCry to NHS at £92m
The Department of Health and Social Care’s latest update on cyber resilience in health and care suggests WannaCry cost the service £20m during the attack, with an additional £72m of costs in the aftermath.
12 October 2018
