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Using office computers to update their Facebook statuses, for instance, or conduct multiple searches will expose the machines to vulnerability to malware attack

May 2017 by David Stupples , Professor at City, University of London , cyber security and cyber crime expert

“The organisation responsible for the attack will have most likely obtained genuine work-related email addresses from web-based retail companies that sell contact information of web surfers who visit their sites – revenue generation! Web-surfers at work are common using company’s IT systems.”

“Just looking at the NHS as a case. The service comprises over 10,000 IT clusters from major hospitals to individual GP practices with most running Windows XP and linked though a number of communications networks with shared databases and data depositories. It is rated as one of the world’s most compressive IT support systems.”

“So, what can be done to protect the Service? NHS Digital, the body responsible for IT Infrastructure across the British National Health Service, should consider implementing protocols to regulate the way NHS staffers use their work computers and devices; staff members should not be permitted to surf the internet using NHS computers.”

“NHS computers and software applications running on them should only be used for NHS work purposes; NHS staff needing to access their email and surf the internet should do so using their own devices using bring your own device (BYOD). Using office computers to update their Facebook statuses, for instance, or conduct multiple searches will expose the machines to vulnerability to malware attack.”


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