10 percent of NHS trusts in England still do not have all of the processes in place to secure patient data

Since 2007 the NHS has been responsible for almost a third (over 300 incidents) of all data security breaches reported to the ICO. In April, the ICO was granted the power to impose fines of up to GBP500,000 for organisations that fail to protect data. Yet despite this deterrent, some health trusts are still failing to achieve satisfactory IG SoC assessment ratings.Despite the Information Commiss …[more]