Cyber Security Channel

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Welcome to HTN’s cyber security channel where we share best practice, guidance, news, interviews, and deep dives on the topic of cyber security in health and care.

St Bart's Hospital in London

Barts Health deploys Cynerio’s cyber security platform across all sites

NHS England has published details of a market engagement webinar to be held on the upcoming NHS Cyber Risk Rating Platform tender

NHS England plans NHS cyber risk rating platform

Cheshire and Merseyside ICS deploys Cynerio’s Healthcare Cybersecurity Platform across 17 trusts

The DHC Group, a portfolio of UK healthcare companies with the shared aim of supplying specialist outpatient pathways and diagnostic imaging services, has announced its acquisition of digital cardiology diagnostics provider ECG On-Demand. 

HTN Now: Establishing a culture of security, privacy and compliance – “it’s now part of frontline care delivery”

South West London ICB board meeting highlights progress and plans on updating the ICB's digital offer and improving digital pathways

HTN Now: Best practices with healthcare security and Network Detection and Response

The role of digital in NHS South West London ICB’s board updates on winter planning, urgent and emergency care, and progress around the Board Assurance Framework

cyber security

Scottish Government publishes strategy for Cyber Coordination Centre, with NHS NSS as a core partner

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust finalises AI Policy focusing on safe integration and balancing innovation with ethical and legal responsibilities

Planned transition from DSPT to Cyber Assessment Framework, with mandatory supplier audit highlighted

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust finalises AI Policy focusing on safe integration and balancing innovation with ethical and legal responsibilities

HTN Now: combatting ransomware in healthcare with network detection and response technology

A doctor with digital icons in front of him including a padlock to indicate cyber security

Digital health checks to increase cyber awareness for social care in the North East and Yorkshire

NHS England has published the NHS vaccination strategy, highlighting the role of digital services, a national vaccination data record and the NHS app in promoting access, uptake, and delivery.

King’s Speech 2024 outlines planned bills around cyber security and smart data

A nurse uses a tablet with a padlock logo over it symbolising cyber security

Featured interview: “All it takes is one misconfiguration to make a device vulnerable” Chad Holmes, Cynerio

Poll: what action is most needed in health and care cyber security in the short term?

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust finalises AI Policy focusing on safe integration and balancing innovation with ethical and legal responsibilities

NHS England shares impact on appointments and procedures for South East London cyber attack

North East and North Cumbria opens engagement for gamified scenario based cyber security exercise

Research leaders at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are using a new digital dashboard to analyse data on research activity, which is helping to "inform and embolden" their strategic thinking and planning. 

National Data Guardian panel focuses on DSPT, cyber assessment framework and national data opt-out reform

NHSE publishes guidance on network segmentation for cyber security.

NHS England publishes £4.2m cyber security opportunity

Birmingham

Jas Purewal, cyber consultant at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital: “getting board and senior management buy-in has been key”

A cyber criminal group claims to have published data stolen as part of the attack earlier this month on Synnovis, a pathology laboratory which processes blood tests on behalf of a number of NHS organisations.

Patient data reportedly published online following cyber attack in London, with significant disruption expected

NHS Dumfries & Galloway CEO updates local citizens on cyber attack published data

NHS England has published details of a market engagement webinar to be held on the upcoming NHS Cyber Risk Rating Platform tender

Cyber attack on pathology provider disrupts services at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital