Privacy in the digital age has become a primary concern for everybody, with data in recent years becoming the greatest trading commodity. As more and more service provision and engagement becomes “digital by default” the need to ensure an individuals privacy is critical if trust in the service is to be earned and maintained.
Ethical hacking has become the accepted method of validating the reliability and robustness of cyber security arrangements implemented for digital services, achieved locating weaknesses and vulnerabilities of computer and information systems by duplicating the intent and actions of malicious hackers.
NHS CyberSecurity lessons arising from the worldwide ransomware attack that occurred on the 14th of May is already prompting much debate for the NHS, much of which focuses on the failure of affected organisations to ensure adequate levels of investment Read More …
By 2018 patients should have access to their medical records online. By 2020 this should have evolved into a digital patient engagement solution as health and social care achieves “paperless at the point of care” working practices. But is it just Read More …
Jacob Kohnstamm – Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Privacy Conference Drudeisha Madhub – Chairwoman of the Mauritius Data Protection Office Mauritius Declaration on the Internet of Things The internet of things is here to stay. Ever more devices are connected to the Read More …
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, has urged businesses to make IT security a boardroom issue.The minister warned that security was no longer just an issue for IT departments alone. Is it still the case that modern day businesses still Read More …
AN ambitious hi-tech £11m plan to allow any doctor or nurse to access a patient’s information from anywhere in the country is being launched by Islington health chiefs. Patients will have their own Facebook-style health records page or app, detailing Read More …
With a recent refresh of the website and refocusing of what eCulture Solutions was about I thought it was would be good to try and define succinctly a mission, for which I have arrived at… “To facilitate the exploitation of Read More …
In May 2012 I wrote an article (Patient access to GP Records by 2015) and offered some immediate thoughts on who would be the primary beneficiaries of this Department of Health mandate, with some thought on identifying the primary element of Read More …
Citizen centred healthcare is part of a shift in focus which has drawn increasing interest in recent years, highlighting the importance of incorporating citizens’ needs and perspectives into care delivery. The citizen’s engagement with their care is now considered a Read More …
Identity and access management is one of the most challenging aspects of securing citizen, and from a National Health Service perspective patient, engagement on-line with services and information. This especially important when the engagement extends to on-line access to highly Read More …
The UK Government has just published is proposed Communications Data Bill, a new regulatory framework refreshing the old Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to ensure law enforcement agencies maintain the ability to tackle crime and terrorism as criminals use Read More …
