Cybersecurity news round-up
Digital Health News rounds up the best of cyber security news for health IT and health technology.
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Digital Health News rounds up the best of cyber security news for health IT and health technology.
The government response to Dame Caldicott’s data security review has been released promising a multi-million pound cyber-security fund and data protection penalties.
The recent WannaCry attack highlighted the difficulty of managing cyber security in the highly devolved English NHS system, where there is no central control of IT systems.
The BCS says lack of NHS accountability and investment in cyber-security were to blame for the widespread disruption across the NHS caused by Wannacry.
Joe mourns the original Batman, reflects on why healthcare IT needs a Bat Signal, and ponders how one has been informally created through the Health CIO and CCIO Networks.
In the first of our new monthly cybersecurity news round-ups, we report on limited confidence in medical device security, fines for data protection breaches, and the news that healthcare is responsible for most data protection incidents in the UK.