Ransomware has already shut down NHS services at scale with cancelled appointments, diverted ambulances, and clinical systems offline for weeks. Modern attacks use double extortion, threatening to leak patient records alongside encrypting systems. Recovery in healthcare takes longer because clinical safety validation must happen before systems come back online, and patient data cannot simply be restored without integrity checks.
Healthcare staff are high-value phishing targets. Clinical environments prioritise speed over caution, so a nurse responding to an urgent message is not running mental security checks. Credential harvesting through fake NHS login pages, business email compromise targeting finance teams, and social engineering exploiting clinical urgency remain persistent and effective vectors across trusts and primary care settings.
NHS trusts depend on dozens of third-party vendors including clinical system providers, managed service providers, device manufacturers, and cloud partners. A compromise in any supplier cascades into clinical environments. ICBs sharing infrastructure across multiple trusts amplify concentration risk significantly. AI-powered clinical tools add further dependency around model integrity and training data governance.
Many healthcare organisations run clinical systems on unsupported platforms that cannot be easily patched without risking care disruption. These legacy systems connect to modern networks without adequate segmentation, creating pathways from vulnerable endpoints directly to critical clinical data. The challenge is compounded in organisations undergoing digital transformation where old and new systems must coexist during migration.
Connected medical devices such as infusion pumps, patient monitors, and diagnostic equipment often run minimal security controls and cannot be patched without manufacturer involvement. Compromised devices risk patient safety directly, not just data exposure. The expanding use of wearables and remote patient monitoring extends this risk beyond hospital walls into patient homes where network security is unmanaged.
Healthcare generates enormous volumes of sensitive data. Staff turnover, shared credentials, and multi-site access create persistent insider risk. Unauthorised access to patient records, whether malicious or accidental, triggers UK GDPR breach notification obligations and can result in significant ICO enforcement action. Weak password policies and inadequate audit logging make detection difficult across distributed clinical environments.
Independent audits and evidence gathering for NHS trusts and suppliers
Incident reporting and network security for essential health services
Enhanced protections for special category health data
Body-certified baseline security for NHS supplier contracts
Digital resilience factored into care provider inspection outcomes
Baseline security framework for digital health technologies in NHS settings
Security management certification for NHS procurement frameworks
Trust service criteria for healthtech and clinical SaaS providers
Statutory data handling obligations for health and social care
Cybersecurity requirements for connected medical devices and medtech
Security assurance for AI-driven solutions designed to reduce GP waiting lists at surgeries, assessing model integrity, patient data handling, and clinical decision support security within primary care environments.
Assessed healthtech solutions integrated with EMIS and SystmOne via NHS Digital, covering API security, clinical data flows, interoperability controls, and patient record protection across primary care networks.
Security assessments of care home management platforms supporting CQC compliance, covering access controls, resident data protection, and regulatory alignment across social care providers and domiciliary care environments.
Internal infrastructure penetration testing including password reviews, patching assessments, audit logging evaluation, device hardening, and comprehensive Active Directory security reviews across hospital and trust environments.
Assessed both internet-facing and intranet web applications and associated APIs including hospital staff portals, administrative portals, and patient information portals using CREST accredited testing methodologies.
Corporate and hospital network access control reviews covering both IT and OT network segments, ensuring clinical device networks are properly segmented from administrative and guest infrastructure.
Simulate attacks on your internal clinical networks and perimeter to identify lateral movement paths to critical patient databases.
View serviceTest patient portals, telemedicine interfaces, and EHR data integrations for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and logic flaws.
View serviceAssess your AWS, Azure, or hybrid cloud environments for misconfigurations that could expose sensitive Protected Health Information (PHI).
View serviceAudit the security posture, configurations, and access controls of your third-party clinical SaaS applications and practice management systems.
View serviceAlign your information security management with industry-specific mandates like the NHS DSPT, UK GDPR, and ISO 27001 requirements.
View serviceAchieve government-backed Cyber Essentials and Plus certification, a mandatory requirement for winning NHS contracts and handling sensitive data.
View serviceEmpower clinical staff with targeted phishing simulations, awareness training, and continuous dark web monitoring for leaked hospital credentials.
View serviceIdentify critical vulnerabilities in your iOS and Android mHealth applications, remote patient monitoring tools, and mobile booking platforms.
View serviceHarden your M365 environment against Business Email Compromise (BEC) and ensure sensitive patient data in Exchange and SharePoint is securely configured.
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