I often feature articles here on Smart Thinking about the cyber security issues the NHS suffers. I think it is important as it illustrates to any organisation that if you make a mistake there can be serious consequences for you and your stake holders – hopefully not as disastrous as …
The reality of ransomware
Following the reported hack of an NHS supplier, earlier this month, it was not likely that the NHS in London was going to pay the ransom demanded by the Qilin cyber criminal gang – so the gang have released the data they stole. London hospitals hackers publish stolen blood test …
People always forget about the paper when it comes to cyber security!
Before we start – this article looks at the cyber security risk paper poses to an organisation: If you want evidence that paper is a cyber security problem you need to get to grips with, have a look at this article in the recent news: Student’s flimsy bin bags blamed …
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What happens when a third party you rely has cyber issues?
In the case of a number of major London hospitals you start cancelling operations and appointments for patients and critical test results are delayed. Cyber-attack on London hospitals declared critical incident – BBC News Among those impacted because they work with Synnovis – a provider of pathology services – are: …
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The NHS are back in the cyber security news
NHS cyber security breaches always have a severe impact on someone – it is the nature of the information they need to keep secure. NHS data breaches also have the potential to impact large numbers of people. The problem is do they spend the money on cyber security, clinical care …
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