Government sets out strategy to protect NHS from cyber attacks
The government will provide a plan to promote cyber resilience across the health and care sectors by 2030, protecting both services and patients.
- New strategy sets out 5 key ways to build cyber resilience in health and care by 2030
- Cyber strategy will protect health and adult social care functions and services, which the whole nation depends on
- Part of government’s commitment to build a stronger, more sustainable NHS for the future
Patients will benefit from bolstered protection to the nation’s health and adult social care services as a new cyber security strategy for England is published today.
The cyber security strategy for health and adult social care sets out a plan to promote cyber resilience across the sector by 2030, protecting services and the patients they support.
This will ensure services are better protected from cyber threats, further securing sensitive information and ensuring patients can continue accessing care safely as the NHS continues to cut waiting lists.