The HSE system may be ancient and outdated but if their provider said this it’s on the provider IMO.
Kinda out of the loop but did they ever name the provider? So i can avoid them like the plague in the future
Bunch of conti’s!
Scary part about the whole thing is that the ransomware outcome was the best case scenario when you read the information in the pwc report.
An attacker could have deleted all HSE patient records and data, they could have altered patient records and appointments which could have caused serious harm to someone, they could have completely destroyed medical or lab equipment, they could have reconfigured medical equipment to work in a way that may have caused serious harm to a patient.
For an organisation the size of the HSE to not have a CISO (chief information security officer) and appropriate incident response is beyond madness.
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[The HSE report about the ransomware attack, a very interesting snippet from the report above. The Cyber Security provider has A LOT to answer for](https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/conti-cyber-attack-on-the-hse-full-report.pdf)
Yikes
Your software is only as good as your provider.
The HSE system may be ancient and outdated but if their provider said this it’s on the provider IMO.
Kinda out of the loop but did they ever name the provider? So i can avoid them like the plague in the future
Bunch of conti’s!
Scary part about the whole thing is that the ransomware outcome was the best case scenario when you read the information in the pwc report.
An attacker could have deleted all HSE patient records and data, they could have altered patient records and appointments which could have caused serious harm to someone, they could have completely destroyed medical or lab equipment, they could have reconfigured medical equipment to work in a way that may have caused serious harm to a patient.
For an organisation the size of the HSE to not have a CISO (chief information security officer) and appropriate incident response is beyond madness.
‘Be grand’ mentality strikes again