NHS Digital welcomes new guidance as UK firms told to shore up cybersecurity
NHS Digital has welcomed new guidance that will see suppliers of critical services in Britain fined if they fail to enforce adequate cyber-protection.
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NHS Digital has welcomed new guidance that will see suppliers of critical services in Britain fined if they fail to enforce adequate cyber-protection.
This month’s cybersecurity news round-up features news a dire warning for the UK from the head of the National Cyber Security Centre, and good news for opposers of the controversial “Snooper’s Charter”.
A chief information and security officer (CISO) and dedicated cyber security lead should be appointed as national figureheads, according to review into WannaCry.
A review of the WannaCry cyber-attack by NHS England’s CIO has revealed £21m invested in improved cybersecurity last year was “reprioritised” from funds intended to support the paperless NHS.
A British breast cancer charity has been awarded £655,000 to further develop an app which supports women once their cancer treatment has ended.
Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the eighth trust to join a radiology consortium that allows clinicians to share imaging data between hospitals.
The health service’s adoption of cloud technology should be “as part of a sensible, risk-managed approach” with security at its heart, NHS Digital’s chief technical architect has argued.
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) is planning the formation of a new framework agreement

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed that it has around 500 reports which are “stuck”
Robeauté has raised $28m (£23m) to develop its microrobots which enter the brain to diagnose,
Royal Bolton Hospital is carrying out digital autopsies that reduce invasive post-mortems and release bodies
UK health tech firm Cera has completed a transaction in excess of $150m (£123m) to