HTN was joined by Julian Wiggins, solutions director at Rackspace Technology, and Nasser Arif, cyber security manager at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for a recent webinar on the topic of cyber resilience. Our panel discussed challenges around AI and emerging tech, practical […]
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Feature: Making security the easy choice: Protecting mobile devices in clinical environments
This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Daniel Johnston, MRes, RN, Director Clinical Operations International at Imprivata, discusses how mobile devices can improve clinical care and why getting security right is essential for protecting data, systems, and patients. Mobile devices have become an important part of modern clinical care, giving clinicians greater flexibility […]
Bedfordshire Hospitals explores future EPR options and notes progress with cyber posture
The board of Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has shared “significant progress on strengthening its cyber posture and infrastructure resilience”, noting work to explore future EPR options, AI-enabled transformation, and data-driven improvement. On cyber security, the trust highlights the reduction of unsupported operating systems, along with clearly mapping risks to […]
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group board focuses on cyber landscape and resilience
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group board recently discussed its cyber landscape, increased operational complexity, plans for cyber resilience, and a pilot for managed security operations. The group acknowledges operating in an increasingly complex cyber security environment, noting progress in strengthening cyber resilience, including work following the transition from AGEM CSU […]
Independent review identifies cyber security need for New Zealand health system
An independent review into a patient portal data breach and cyber incident in New Zealand has identified a need for stronger cyber security across the nation’s health system, suggesting the incident should be viewed as a “call to action”. The breach was reportedly detected in December 2025, with unauthorised access […]
HTN Now panel discuss cyber security challenges, approaches, literacy and emerging tech
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we were joined by digital leaders from across the health sector for a deep dive into cyber security in healthcare, exploring strategic challenges, preparedness, recovery, and how best to embed resilience into clinical, technical, and governance frameworks. Making up our panel were Nasser Arif, […]
HTN Now panel deep dive into clinical continuity and cyber resilience
For a recent panel discussion on the topic of clinical continuity and cyber resilience, HTN was joined by experts from across the health sector, including Alan Simpson, CISO at Rapid7; Stuart Cooney, CTO at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; and John Mitchell, assistant director of digital at Humber and North […]
NHSE board places cyber at higher risk and notes potential AI innovation freeze
The board of NHS England has ranked a cyber incident higher on its organisational risk registers than a pandemic, following an assessment of mitigations and preparedness already in place, likelihood, and impact. Explaining the findings from the latest Emergency Preparedness, Resilience, and Response Annual Assurance Report, NHSE stated: “EPRR assessments […]
Cheshire and Merseyside ICB discuss cyber strategy, delivery and improvement
The board of Cheshire and Merseyside ICB in a recent meeting focused on cyber security risk, assurance, and improvement activity across the region. While the ICB claims to have established a “strong foundation”, it proposes to refresh its cyber improvement programme to offer a clearer link between strategy, delivery, measurable […]
NHS England selects partners for NHS Secure Boundary service
NHS England has selected IBM and Palo Alto Networks to partner on the NHS Secure Boundary service, offering AI-enabled cyber security and “future-ready” threat protection for the health system. The service will establish a cloud-native cyber security platform featuring AI-driven threat detection and built-in web application firewall protection, according to […]
