Cyber Security
Cybersecurity news round-up
The cybersecurity for health IT round-up covers the security risk of “brainjacking” and need for firmware updates for a company’s cardiac pacemakers.
8 September 2017
Cyber Security
Cyber Security
NHS Lanarkshire to investigate malware outbreak
IT systems are said to have returned to normal after a malware attack which affected a “small number of systems” at NHS Lanarkshire Health Board last Friday (25 August).
30 August 2017
Cyber Security
PCS Speaker Profile: Professor Carsten Maple on the evolution of cyber threats
Professor Carsten Maple will address emerging threats, including from the internet of things, in his presentation at Public Cyber Security, 7 December. In the first of our profiles of speakers at the event, Maple talks to Vivienne Raper about the cyber security threats facing public services, and suggests how the NHS could better have handled WannaCry.
22 August 2017
Cyber Security
ICO warns NHS staff that unlawfully accessing patient records is an offence
The Information Commissioner’s Office has reminded NHS staff about the serious consequences of prying into patients’ medical records without a valid reason, after a ‘nosy’ Essex midwifery assistant was fined.
15 August 2017
Cyber Security
Microsoft and NHS Digital sign new agreement for cybersecurity
NHS Digital has signed a new agreement with Microsoft, which includes patches for all its current Windows devices operating XP.
14 August 2017
Cyber Security
Cybersecurity news round-up
Cybersecurity round-up includes British computer expert Marcus Hutchins being released on bail and success of a Lancashire trust’s cyber campaign.
11 August 2017
