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NHS data left lacking encryption
News NHS trusts will not have completed encrypting patients' personal data held on their computers until later this year. It means data will not be fully protected until 10 months after NHS chief executive David Nicholson asked trusts to make the... [24 Jun 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News West was unable to give guarantees of total security for data held on the National Identity Register and large NHS databases, saying he did not have the relevant information but added that "if a system is connected then there is a possibility of... [16 Jun 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust The main data security threat comes from poorly trained or disgruntled employees who are authorised to have access to data and file stores, according to Alastair Behenna, CIO at... [17 Apr 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News Michael Small, director of security management strategy at security vendor CA, said: "It will be interesting to see whether the [Forum's] remit extends to address the recent spate of data-breach cases, like the HMRC and NHS data losses, and if it... [20 Mar 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News The DVA admitted to losing thousands of learner-driver details in December, while the NHS said in January it had lost thousands of patient records on a USB drive. The Information Commissioner's Office has said that the rash of data-breach reports... [18 Feb 2008]
Gov't fails to keep court data locked up
News The data breach is the latest incident in an exhausting list of government security breaches, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the HMRC losing 25... [23 Jan 2008]
Thousands more UK patients' details lost
News The security of information held by the NHS suffered a further blow after the loss of another 4,000 medical and personal details has come to light. The lapse come in the wake of the loss of hundreds of thousands of patients' records by nine NHS... [18 Jan 2008]
NHS network pilot to cut call costs
News Rick Juniper, director of ICT at the North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, said converging its voice and data over one single network has provided a simple and efficient way to manage its communications needs. [06 Dec 2007]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment NHS chiefs hoped this would be a preventative measure to stop employees accessing things they shouldn't. But do time-strapped NHS staff have time to police audit trails? With the furore over 25 million missing child benefit records, the public... [23 Nov 2007]
East England Ambulance rides the Airwave
News The NHS has commenced the rollout of the Airwave secure digital radio network to ambulance teams throughout England, starting with East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST). According to the NHS, Airwave will be rolled out to the rest of... [24 Aug 2007]
Gov trumpets ePassports successes
News The government's ID cards scheme has not been popular with silicon.com readers and even Conservative Party leader David Cameron pledged to scrap the scheme - and undertake a full-scale review of the £12.4bn NHS IT upgrade project - if the Tories... [13 Jul 2007]
NHS procurement hub streamlines mobile suppliers
Case Study The CPH represents NHS Primary Care and Acute Trusts across the east of England, and has a combined spend of £1.5bn. Due to the nature of their jobs, the professionals it serves are often away from the office and depend a great deal on mobile... [20 Jun 2007]
