The King’s Speech 2024 highlights plans for a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, set to expand regulatory remits to provide protection to a higher number of digital services; and a Digital Information and Smart Data Bill, aiming to ensure the power of data is utilised to support growth, the government, […]
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Featured interview: “All it takes is one misconfiguration to make a device vulnerable” Chad Holmes, Cynerio
HTN sat down for a chat with Chad Holmes, security evangelist for Cynerio, to talk all things cyber security in the healthcare space. Cynerio focuses specifically on cyber security within healthcare environments, initially centring round Internet of Things and Internet of Medical Things devices; identifying all devices in an environment […]
Poll: what action is most needed in health and care cyber security in the short term?
Our latest poll over on LinkedIn explored our readers’ views around cyber security priorities in healthcare, namely: what action is most needed in health and care cyber security in the short term? Four possible answers were supplied – to enforce cyber standards, audit IT suppliers, focus on staff education, or […]
NHS England shares impact on appointments and procedures for South East London cyber attack
One month on from the Synnovis cyber attack, NHS England has shared its latest update on the clinical impact in South East London. The update from NHS England, published on 4 July, shares that for the fourth week of reporting data (24-30 June), across the two most affected trusts, King’s College […]
North East and North Cumbria opens engagement for gamified scenario based cyber security exercise
Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria (HI NENC) has opened an early engagement opportunity for a gamified scenario based cyber security exercise, designed to enhance preparedness for cyber events amongst senior leaders in health and social care. Engagement is sought to tackle what HI NENC refers to as the […]
National Data Guardian panel focuses on DSPT, cyber assessment framework and national data opt-out reform
The national data guardian panel met recently, to discuss updates on the data security and protection toolkit (DSPT), cyber assessment framework and national data opt-out reform. With the NHS England and Department of Health and Social Care plan to implement the cyber assessment framework within the DSPT, the panel discussed […]
NHS England publishes £4.2m cyber security opportunity
NHS England has published an opportunity for services to support a cyber security focused programme and assurance model, as part of efforts to appoint a call-off contract with one provider, worth an estimated £4,290,000. Through the procurement, NHSE seeks to contract consultants to support with the delivery of design, consultation, […]
Jas Purewal, cyber consultant at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital: “getting board and senior management buy-in has been key”
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS partnered with cyber security specialist Cynerio to introduce its healthcare cyber security platform, to provide visibility, meet Data Security and Protection Toolkit targets and other requirements, and support network segmentation. HTN spoke with Jas Purewal, cyber consultant at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, to […]
Patient data reportedly published online following cyber attack in London, with significant disruption expected
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, with NHS England stating that it hasn’t “yet been able to verify what has been stolen […]
NHS Dumfries & Galloway CEO updates local citizens on cyber attack published data
NHS Dumfries & Galloway chief executive Julie White has shared an update with every citizen in Dumfries and Galloway on the cyber attack earlier this year, stating to residents to “assume that some data relating to you is likely to have been copied and published”. The letter adds that “the criminals […]
