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Davey Winder: Medics texting patient data? It has to stop

The NHS needs secure applications for exchanging sensitive healthcare information. It doesn’t need doctors and nurses sending texts and pictures
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Dan Taylor: what data security can learn from Euro 2016

Oh, Roy Hodgson. The Hawthorns will always love you, England will just want to forget, but the NHS should learn
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Joe’s view: of Caldicott 3

Anyone remember Rabbit? Joe McDonald does; it was a classic technology that was just a bit before it’s time, and
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Freeman launches consultation on Caldicott proposals

The government has launched a formal consultation on two of the key proposals in Dame Fiona Caldicott’s latest review of
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Care.data dumped after Caldicott review

The controversial care.data programme has been killed off following the release of Dame Fiona Caldicott's report recommending sweeping changes to
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Tough penalities and better data control – Caldicott

Dame Fiona Caldicott's latest review of information governance and data security in the NHS is out; recommending a stronger focus
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Zombie attacks: Windows XP and cyber security

It’s known as the “zombie operating system” because it refuses to die: and worse, it can come back to bite.
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Davey Winder: Please wash your hands

Our cyber security columnist considers some of the human factors that need to be taken into account when securing IT.
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Joe’s view: of cyber security

Joe McDonald’s mother reckons that if she’s not on the internet she can’t be internet scammed. Turns out, she’s right…
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Dan Taylor: The difficult second column

The head of the Health and Social Care Centre’s security operations wants to know if it should be offering a
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