The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has chosen the cyber exposure management platform Armis to “protect its entire attack surface and manage cyber risk exposure in real time”.
The AI-powered Artemis Centrix will reportedly “identify and mitigate all cyber asset risks, remediate security findings and vulnerabilities” within the trust, protecting its many digital services against the “growing threat landscape”. This includes their EHR system, which went live in November 2024, their virtual receptionist, cloud telephony, ‘Amazon-style lockers’ and any other virtual assets that may be at risk.
Jeffrey Wood, deputy director of ICT at Princess Alexandra Hospital FT, noted: “Putting quality first is the trust’s approach to everything we do as we strive for excellence, and cybersecurity is no exception. Armis has supported us in mitigating risk to our environment, including the large number of physical and virtual assets on-site, legacy technologies needing to be segregated from the corporate network and connected assets that were actively communicating externally. We have identified and strengthened our cyber security approach.”
The partnership with Armis aligns with the trust’s aim to be the “most technological and digitally enabled hospital in the UK” as outlined in their most recent digital strategy.
Cyber security in health and care: the wider trend
Somerset ICS recently shared key updates on their cyber security strategy. They outlined their aim to fulfil five objectives surrounding the reduction of cyber risks within digital healthcare, including: developing and embedding a cyber aware culture; improving cyber risk visibility and management; building robust third-party assurance; prioritising collaboration; and ensuring ongoing resilience.
Last month, the European Commission published an EU action plan to help guide hospitals and healthcare providers in increasing their cyber security. It primarily focuses on enhancing threat detection, preparedness and response capabilities of hospitals and health providers.
For a recent LinkedIn poll, we asked our audience what the biggest priority for health and care cyber security should be? The two answers that shared the most amount of votes (37 percent) were funding and resources and mandate supplier compliance. A further 15 percent voted for workforce education and 11 percent voted for board level buy-in.
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