Our latest report ‘The state of cyber security in adult social care‘ will equip care providers and their tech suppliers with the evidence and data needed to understand the extent of the risks posed by cyber. In March 2023, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published ’A cyber resilient health and adult social care system in England: cyber security strategy to 2030’. The strategy sets out the importance of cyber security in ensuring people’s safety, which details the future vision for a cyber resilient health and social care system and outlines some of the challenges and threats faced by each sector. The strategy is committed to the publication of a landscape report detailing the current state of cyber security within adult social care providers, in response to a lack of evidence on the level of risk in the sector.
This report, produced by Ipsos UK and the Institute of Public Care, on behalf of DHSC, provides a strong evidence base for both policy-makers and care providers to better understand the cyber security risk within the care sector. It ensures we meet the changing risks and support care providers on their digitisation journey, building on the work that has already been done to improve cyber resilience. The report helps us to understand current cyber security practices and trends within the sector, and outlines how the work of the Better Security, Better Care programme, a grant funded DHSC programme, has brought cyber security up the agenda for care providers.
Whilst this is a positive step in the right direction, the report has highlighted that there is still work to be done in order to realise the strategic aims of the health and care cyber security strategy to 2030.
