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NHS Digital to ignore IT security recommendations despite WannaCry

08 October 2018 • 2 min read

£1bn estimated cost not considered worth it, despite ongoing attacks targeting NHS data

NHS Digital is set to ignore the IT security recommendations of its own chief information officer, Will Smart, citing the estimated cost of between £800 million and £1 billion. It claims that the i...

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