Coronavirus cyber security threat and support

The latest cyber threats to health and care - support available from NHS Digital's Data Security Centre.

Coronavirus cyber threat assessment

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) advisory

The advice states that Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors are targeting organisations involved in the response to coronavirus, exploiting the pandemic as part of their cyber operations.

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NCSC and CISA advisory

Cyber warning issued for key healthcare organisations in UK and USA

NCSC - weekly threat reports and advice and guidance

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Weekly NCSC threat reports

The latest NCSC weekly threat reports

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Home working: preparing your organisation and staff

How to make sure your organisation is prepared for an increase in home working, and advice on spotting coronavirus (COVID-19) scam emails

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Video conferencing services: security guidance for organisations

Guidance to help you to choose, configure and deploy video conferencing services such as Zoom and Skype within your organisation

NHS Digital cyber alerts

NHS Digital advise that organisations remain vigilant, follow guidance and ensure vulnerabilities are patched and remediated as quickly as possible.

We will continue to notify organisations of threats through the normal channels, and you can see current threats on our alerts page.

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Cyber alerts

We issue cyber security alert notifications to health and care organisations, ranging from weekly threat bulletins to immediate high-severity alerts

Data Security Centre – cyber security support and services

COVID-19 cyber security support

The Data Security Centre have enhanced existing services and launched new support for organisations in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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COVID-19 cyber security support

The Data Security Centre provides a range of specific, targeted, and relevant cyber security services that have been developed in partnership with industry-leading partners.

Cyber and data security

The Data Security Centre continues to provide a range of other services, advice and guidance which help organisations to improve cyber security.

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Cyber and data security

We protect our NHS and care organisations from cyber attacks and we monitor for new threats 24 hours a day. Our teams support organisations across the NHS with advice, assessments, and training.

Last edited: 17 July 2023 12:44 pm