NHS hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack

Silk said:

I think if you read this article, you might find it enlightening. There are many factors at play.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39915440

"Updating your computer if you're an individual is a piece of cake, but for a network the size of Britain's National Health Service? Tough - time-consuming, expensive and complex."

But no. According to you, it's easy.

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Brighton Mod said:

Ah the BBC, that must be true then, you appear to be attempting to defend the indefensable. The headlines are gone, news has moved on, Corbyn has pledged £8 bn of tax payers money to cyber security, that must have been a long term labour policy of about 3 days, and the fallout is now minimal. Clearly it wasn't Tough-time-consuming, expensive and complex to 80% of NHS trust, just for 20% of them.

The article does not frighten me, just like the millenium bug didn't, but it demonstrates that those employed to protect such security issues failed spectacularly and failed ti implement the discipline needed to act when they should.

Its now yesterdays news, you have an opinion based on a BBC internet article and I have an opinion based on working in the business, lets just agree to differ, hanging it on the government is just too simplistic.

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heathgate said:

Upgrading beyond XP isn't a big deal in isolation. However, in a large organisation, the key concerns will be coexistence with all the other software used in the NHS, and backwards compatability with applications that need to still work on older OS. Testing, and defect mitigation activities will take a year or two to clear up before roll out to live.

It's a huge undertaking to sweep through a large organisation like the NHS..... and very costly.

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heathgate said:

Upgrading beyond XP isn't a big deal in isolation. However, in a large organisation, the key concerns will be coexistence with all the other software used in the NHS, and backwards compatability with applications that need to still work on older OS. Testing, and defect mitigation activities will take a year or two to clear up before roll out to live.

It's a huge undertaking to sweep through a large organisation like the NHS..... and very costly.

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beorhthelm said:

i wonder why they dont virtualise those XP applications. tools for this are very well known and stable.

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Shropshire Seagull said:

I'm currently working to "virtualise" HMRC systems - you don't "virtualise" applications, you move them to a visualised infrastructure..

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heathgate said:

Upgrading beyond XP isn't a big deal in isolation. However, in a large organisation, the key concerns will be coexistence with all the other software used in the NHS, and backwards compatability with applications that need to still work on older OS. Testing, and defect mitigation activities will take a year or two to clear up before roll out to live.

It's a huge undertaking to sweep through a large organisation like the NHS..... and very costly.

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heathgate said:

Upgrading beyond XP isn't a big deal in isolation. However, in a large organisation, the key concerns will be coexistence with all the other software used in the NHS, and backwards compatability with applications that need to still work on older OS. Testing, and defect mitigation activities will take a year or two to clear up before roll out to live.

It's a huge undertaking to sweep through a large organisation like the NHS..... and very costly.

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heathgate said:

Upgrading beyond XP isn't a big deal in isolation. However, in a large organisation, the key concerns will be coexistence with all the other software used in the NHS, and backwards compatability with applications that need to still work on older OS. Testing, and defect mitigation activities will take a year or two to clear up before roll out to live.

It's a huge undertaking to sweep through a large organisation like the NHS..... and very costly.

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Brighton Mod said:

So why did 80% of trusts remain unaffected? Its not a technical question its an obvious observation. Clearly only too difficult and costly to the 20% who were caught out by this.

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