"A source familiar with the outage said the National Cyber Security Centre, the Cabinet Office and other government agencies had been alerted to the incident, given the group’s role in sensitive areas such as Royal Navy training centres and security at Ministry of Defence bases.
People at sites including critical national infrastructure have resorted to using radios, pens and paper, the source said.
Some employees still have access to computers and email, and the company said its investigation was in the early stages and that it was too soon to tell if the failure was caused by a cyber-attack."
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/31/capita-it-systems-fail-cyber-attack-nhs-fears
The above is an example of why digital health should adopt a strong security culture, and conversations, including those around digital health and telemedicine like the ones we held at the recent meeting in Bologna (read our previous posts here and here) should engage medical practitioners in thinking beyond data policies and privacy, embracing risk qualification and mitigation strategies when thinking about innovation of practices and novel value delivery in healthcare.
We thank again Professor Nicola Dragoni for the stimulating talk about risk and security in healthcare he gave during our session at the Bologna Assembly, which triggered many conversations in the followup, and we hope to launch a devoted activity to promote secure practices in digital health in Europe.
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