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Cyber security underpins the safe and secure delivery of digital health services. Modern healthcare critically depends on reliable, effective digital infrastructure, playing a key contribution to productivity and efficiency as well as patient safety.
A review of the WannaCry cyber-attack by NHS England’s CIO has revealed £21m invested in improved cybersecurity last year was “reprioritised” from funds intended to support the paperless NHS.
Microsoft will help NHS Digital protect healthcare organisations from cyber-attacks through a new partnership making use of the software giant’s Threat Detection Service.
The CIO of NHS England has told a committee that just one recommendation included in a draft review following the Wannacry cyber-attack will cost £1 billion.
The cyber-attack against Norway’s largest health authority could be one of the biggest of its kind in healthcare, sources have told Digital Health News.
Public Health England (PHE) has come under fire after handing over data concerning nearly 180,000 lung NHS cancer patients to a firm affiliated with tobacco companies.
Hancock Regional Hospital has had its IT systems restored after paying off the hackers who infected its computers with ransomware known as ‘SamSam’.
