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Healthcare and NHS IT
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November 22, 2022
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Nov'22
Killnet DDoS hacktivists target Royal Family and others
Russia-aligned hacktivists targeted multiple UK websites, including those of the Royal Family, in a new campaign of DDoS attacks
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November 22, 2022
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Nov'22
C-suite mystified by cyber security jargon
Malware, supply chain attack, zero-day, IoC, TTP and Mitre ATT&CK are just some of the everyday terms that security pros use that risk making the world of cyber incomprehensible to outsiders
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November 21, 2022
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Nov'22
Genome lab puts Vast Data’s rapid I/O to work on patient data
French government-backed SeqOIA ditched its Lustre-based storage after it reached performance limits and files got corrupted. That got fixed by a Vast Data QLC flash-based array
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November 21, 2022
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Nov'22
NHS federated data platform must avoid repeating Care.data mistakes, says national data guardian
UK’s national data guardian agrees with the ambitions of the platform, but warns that the programme must avoid ‘common pitfalls around trust and transparency’
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November 21, 2022
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Nov'22
NHS trust that deleted up to 90,000 emails cleared of deliberately concealing evidence
A tribunal found in a high-profile case brought by whistleblower Chris Day that an NHS trust had not deliberately concealed evidence when a director deleted up to 90,000 emails before he was due to testify
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November 18, 2022
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Nov'22
Is Elon Musk’s Twitter safe, and should you stop using it?
With a litany of security and compliance issues exposed and in many cases caused by Elon Musk’s takeover of social media platform Twitter, some may be asking if it’s still safe or appropriate to use
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November 17, 2022
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Nov'22
Brexit deregulation will make UK next Silicon Valley, vows Hunt
Chancellor vows to revolutionise how the IT industry is regulated to spur competition, investment and innovation in a technological ‘Big Bang’
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November 17, 2022
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Nov'22
Another Log4Shell warning after Iranian attack on US government
The breach of a US federal body by an Iranian threat actor exploiting the Adobe Log4j Log4Shell vulnerability has prompted a fresh flurry of patching
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November 17, 2022
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Nov'22
Scottish government to pilot digital identity platform in early 2023
Pilot of Scotland’s digital identity platform will be run in partnership with Disclosure Scotland, using secure sign-on and identity verification
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November 17, 2022
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Nov'22
NHS Digital confirms final settlement of £3.95m with HMRC following conclusion of IR35 investigation
The health service’s digital arm has paid HMRC £3.95m in unpaid tax to cover the cost of its IR35 compliance errors
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November 16, 2022
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Nov'22
Global network fragmentation a source of increasing risk
Risk consultancy’s report says the weaponisation of cyber space and geopolitical clashes herald a breakdown of global networks into distinct regional or national architectures
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November 15, 2022
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Nov'22
Commoditisation of NHS tech is a problem, says NHS Digital interim CEO
NHS Digital interim CEO Simon Bolton calls for a stronger mandate from the centre around the systems in use in the NHS, with no more than four to six electronic patient record systems used across the country
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November 15, 2022
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Nov'22
NHS Scotland extends video consultation scheme
The Scottish Near Me video consultation platform can now be used in community settings such as libraries and health and care centres for GP appointments, hospital appointments, care homes, dietetics and mental health support
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November 11, 2022
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Nov'22
Volume of self-reported breaches to ICO jumps 30%
The number of self-reported breaches to the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office soared by nearly 30% in the 12 months to 30 June 2022
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November 11, 2022
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Nov'22
17 West Midlands NHS trusts deploy digital pathology
Trusts hope digital pathology programme will transform cancer diagnosis in the region and reduce backlogs
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November 09, 2022
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Nov'22
Microsoft serves smorgasbord of six zero-days
November’s Patch Tuesday fixes significantly fewer vulnerabilities of late, but includes six actively-exploited zero-days, three of them of critical severity
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November 04, 2022
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Nov'22
Microsoft: Nation-state cyber attacks became increasingly destructive in 2022
The willingness of nation-state actors to conduct destructive cyber attacks is a source of grave concern, as Microsoft’s latest annual Digital Defence Report lays bare
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November 03, 2022
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Nov'22
Microsoft pledges $100m in new IT support for Ukraine
Microsoft will continue to offer free-of-charge technology support to Ukraine for the foreseeable future
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November 03, 2022
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Nov'22
All NHS staff should have basic AI training, says report
A report by the NHS AI Lab and Health Education England calls for all health and care staff to receive training in artificial intelligence as the technology will be increasingly adopted in healthcare practice
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November 02, 2022
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Nov'22
UK spent £6.4m on secret cyber package for Ukraine
Westminster has revealed for the first time the existence of a previously top-secret security programme that has been helping Ukraine fend off Russian cyber attacks
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November 01, 2022
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Nov'22
A third of UK cyber leaders want to quit, report says
Nearly a third of UK security leaders are considering leaving their current role, and more than half are struggling to keep on top of their workload
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November 01, 2022
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Nov'22
Scotland’s Data Lab CEO Brian Hills on its ambition to change lives
Brian Hills, chief executive of The Data Lab in Scotland, on why he thinks the organisation’s mission is less about data and more about changing lives by giving people career opportunities
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October 31, 2022
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Oct'22
Prepare today for potentially high-impact OpenSSL bug
OpenSSL trailed a critical vulnerability patch last week, which will be only the second such flaw ever found in the open source encryption project. Unfortunately, the first was Heartbleed
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October 27, 2022
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Oct'22
NHS to get new national CISO
The Department for Health and Social Care is seeking a new national CISO, who will be tasked with providing strategic cyber leadership, direction and expertise across DHSC and the wider NHS
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October 27, 2022
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Oct'22
LinkedIn adds new features to safeguard user privacy, security
Social media platform is adding a number of features and systems designed to protect legitimate users from inauthentic profiles and activity
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October 26, 2022
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Oct'22
UKCloud in liquidation: Troubled public sector cloud provider hit with winding up order
Public sector sovereign cloud provider served with winding-up order nine months after an acquisition that was intended to address a £30m funding shortfall at the firm
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October 25, 2022
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Oct'22
Apple patches new iPhone zero-day
Apple’s latest patch fixes yet another zero-day, as security issues keep surfacing in its mobile products
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October 24, 2022
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Oct'22
Government speeds up NHS Digital and NHS England merger
NHS bodies will now merge in early January 2023, aiming to create a single statutory body for NHS data and technology
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October 24, 2022
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Oct'22
Half of staff might quit after a cyber attack, report says
Findings from a survey of CISOs, IT leaders and staffers reveal how experiencing a cyber incident may take a larger-than-thought toll on employee retention
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October 21, 2022
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Oct'22
Ukrainian and UK IT sectors to deepen collaboration, partnerships
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, and the IT Ukraine Association have signed an MoU to deepen collaboration between the UK and Ukrainian IT sectors, and champion new partnerships and growth opportunities
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October 20, 2022
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Oct'22
Cyber professional shortfall hits 3.4 million
Shortage of cyber security professionals continues to grow and shows no signs of abating, says report
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October 20, 2022
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Oct'22
Singapore extends cyber security labelling scheme to medical devices
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore is extending its cyber security labelling scheme to medical devices to encourage medical device manufacturers to adopt a security-by-design approach to product development
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October 19, 2022
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Oct'22
Oracle CloudWorld 2022: Ellison vaunts centrality of healthcare to mission
Oracle CTO Larry Ellison put the company’s healthcare initiatives front and centre of its vision during his keynote at Oracle CloudWorld 2022 in Las Vegas
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October 19, 2022
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Oct'22
Treat cyber crime as a ‘strategic threat’, UK businesses told
The government’s new National Cyber Advisory Board aims to help elevate cyber discussion and spur action in the business community
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October 17, 2022
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Oct'22
Government u-turns on plans to scrap IR35 reforms in public and private sector from April 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirms that the planned repeal of the IR35 reforms in the public and private sector is cancelled
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October 14, 2022
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Oct'22
Office 365 email encryption flaw could pose risk to user privacy
A vulnerability in Microsoft Office 365 Message Encryption could leave the contents of emails dangerously exposed, but with no fix coming it’s up to users to decide how at risk they are
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October 14, 2022
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Oct'22
Advanced: Healthcare data was stolen in LockBit 3.0 attack
Advanced has revealed a total of 16 of its health and social care sector customers had their data exfiltrated in a recent ransomware attack
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October 12, 2022
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Oct'22
NCSC urges organisations to secure supply chains
NCSC’s latest guidance package centres supply chain security, helping medium to large organisations assess and mitigate cyber risks from suppliers
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October 11, 2022
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Oct'22
Public sector spend on IT climbed to £12.6bn in 2021
Public sector bodies IT spend went up 10% last year, but the majority of the money went to large IT suppliers with 89% of the total spend going to so-called ‘tech titans’, according to a report from Tussell
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October 10, 2022
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Oct'22
BHRUT launches digital surgery clinic
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust’s digital surgery clinic, thought to be the first in the world, will give 700 patients access to a digital platform to help them prepare for surgery and speed up recovery
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October 06, 2022
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Oct'22
NHS looks to improve digital mental health support
NHS England plans for programme to use digital technologies and data to improve mental health treatment and help patients access services
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September 30, 2022
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Sep'22
Interview: Rachel Hilliam, chair, Alliance for Data Science Professionals
Rachel Hilliam talks about the origins, mission and future plans for the Alliance for Data Science Professionals
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September 28, 2022
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Sep'22
Whistleblower Peter Duffy calls for oversight of NHS records to prevent evidence tampering
A whistleblower has called for greater oversight in the handling of ‘safety-critical digital information’ across the NHS, in light of a number of cases that raise questions about data governance and record-keeping within the health service
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September 27, 2022
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Sep'22
Guy’s Cancer collaborates with healthtech provider to digitise patient care
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has begun working with digital healthcare platform provider Carology to build capacity, drive efficiencies and improve patient experience
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September 26, 2022
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Sep'22
Data analysis and artificial intelligence key industrial strategy missions for Labour
Shadow business secretary announces Labour’s proposed industrial strategy, in which data would take a central role
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September 23, 2022
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Sep'22
The challenges of verifying AI for healthcare
Artificial intelligence promises to revolutionise healthcare, but even in areas such as medical imaging, where it is easy to spot AI errors, more research is needed
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September 23, 2022
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Sep'22
IR35 reforms to be scrapped in public and private sectors from April 2023, government confirms
The government has confirmed that the 2017 and 2021 roll-out of the IR35 reforms to the public and private sectors, respectively, will be repealed in April 2023
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September 21, 2022
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Contractors call for IR35 review and tax cuts in Chancellor’s mini-Budget
The contractor community is patiently awaiting the outcome of this Friday’s mini-Budget, with hopes for some concrete details on the Prime Minister’s proposed IR35 review and news of a corporation tax cut
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September 20, 2022
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NHS Scotland to transform population health through digital technologies
A collaboration between NHS Scotland, industry partners and academia aims to launch large-scale programmes to improve population health in the country through digital technologies and new patient pathways
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September 15, 2022
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Sep'22
Organisations failing to account for digital trust
The vast majority of businesses are well aware of the importance of digital trust, yet very few have a dedicated staff role responsible for it, report finds