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Legacy technology could be leaving the NHS open to cyber attacks, according to new research. The discovery was made by staff at Check Point Software, who found exploits in widely used fax machines that could allow hackers to spread malware through a malicious image file.  Check Point uncovered that malware could be coded into an...

A new NHS approved £1.5m ‘Tele-Pharmacy’ has opened in Liverpool aimed at assisting people living with chronic care conditions to manage their medicinal needs through an artificial intelligent (AI) mobile app. ‘Now Patient’, developed by Now Healthcare Group, aims to support up to 15 million people living with long-term health conditions such as cancer, diabetes...

The Government’s ‘Cloud First’ policy was introduced in 2013 and asks public sector organisations, when procuring new or existing services, to “consider and fully evaluate potential cloud solutions first before considering any other option.” The approach is mandatory for central government and strongly recommended to the wider public sector. The government response came after an...

It’s a huge challenge and there is unlikely to be any straightforward strategies, but the National Health Service (NHS) still has quite a way to go until it has been fully digitally transformed. The NHS is the fifth largest employer in the world; according to the NHS Confederation, it deals with more than one million patients...

SCC and NHS Dumfries & Galloway have been nominated for a Digital Leaders 100 award in the Digital Team of the Year category. The event, which launched in 2013, has become the premier list identifying individuals and teams leading digital transformation in the UK. It consists of leaders and organisations who are pioneering change within the...

It’s too easy to focus on the benefits of digitalisation for private businesses, but the effect of a digital-first strategy on the public sector is just as impactful, if not more. The government, unlike private organisations, doesn’t have the same pressures when it comes to taking the decision to go digital, they do not have...

SCC is set to discuss digitisation in Health on Sky digital channel 185. The programme, ‘Digitalisation of Healthcare’, will feature SCC’s Branch Manager for Healthcare and Local Government, James Wallis, who will talk around some of the services SCC offers and how they can in turn impact this discussion. The half-hour programme is set to...

Data published by G-Cloud’s governing body, Crown Commercial Service (CCS), shows SCC as having achieved the highest revenue through the framework in 2018 so far. According to Computer Reseller News (CRN) who analysed the data, SCC achieved revenue of £1.8m, ranking it number 1 for the first quarter of 2018. In terms of the channel,...

Unreliable and non-responsive IT systems are a no-no in healthcare. As technology weaves its way into every aspect of the practitioner-patient relationship, one IT-blow could literally mean life or death. Healthcare’s technological infrastructure cannot afford to be delicate. Yet worryingly, the sector is a prime target for cyber criminals. According to IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence...

SCC has become one of only five organisations in the UK that has been awarded the CAS (S) certification by the UK government. It’s a notable achievement, highlighting our capabilities in handling highly sensitive information by giving SCC the authority to handle and process classified government data. SCC’s Barry Mitchell (Supply Chain Sales Manager) and...

Online attacks and security breaches are not a new topic. In April last year the government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2017 reported that almost half of UK firms had been hit by a cyber-attack or breach in the previous 12 months, whilst other reports have suggested that the UK is the target for one in...

Despite an overall decrease in fraudulent activities and computer misuse in 2017, the latest reports from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that targeted incidents of computer misuse and malware against businesses are on the rise. The increase in business-related cybersecurity crime, the report claims, is being driven by a massive 145 percent...