cybersecurity in the nhs · the hacking of patient data for financial gain, daisy gives it...
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Why it pays to assess your cybersecurity measures:
Cybersecurity in the NHSFor today’s healthcare institutions, the need to ensure the security of their information systems has never been greater. Amid structural changes to the NHS, a drive towards digitisation and an expanding landscape of threats including malware, ransomware and the hacking of patient data for financial gain, Daisy gives IT departments the tools they need to help safeguard patient welfare and conform to stringent data protection rules.
Data Breach
Malware and Ransomware
It’s mandatory forNHS bodies to report
all data securityincidents1
“Cyber incidents”were the most reported
type of NHS datasecurity issue1
Stolen healthcarerecords can sellon the dark web
for £££s, enablingID theft3
Criminals specifically targetthe health data of
children andelderly patients3
In 2015-16,UK organisations
reported 88% moredata breaches than in
2014-152
Patient data is morevaluable to hackers
in large batches,incentivising bigger
attacks
28 NHS Trusts wereattacked by
ransomwarein the last year4
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The health sector wasthe largest reporter
of data breachesin 2015-161
Malware shut downentire systems and delayed
operations across aLincolnshire Trust5
Hacking was a key cause of the 88% rise in
data breaches2
DATA BREACH
Sources:1 The Information Commissioners Office (ico.org.uk)2 FOI Disclosure / SC Magazine / Huntsman Security3 SC Magazine / Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)4 12 months to Oct 2016 FOI Disclosure / SC Magazine5 October 2016 SC Magazine