Manchester NHS launches sandbox to test AI technologies in real healthcare settings
More than one in four UK school websites lack key browser security controls
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Manchester NHS launches sandbox to test AI technologies in real healthcare settings
anchester University NHS Foundation Trust( MFT) is
M partnering with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency( MHRA) to test emerging healthcare technologies in real NHS settings and generate evidence to support their safe adoption.
The Manchester Sandbox is the first major programme under the partnership and will enable selected technologies to be deployed and evaluated as part of day-today healthcare.
The programme is intended to provide evidence about their ongoing safety, effectiveness and impact, helping the NHS determine which technologies can improve patient care and are suitable for wider adoption.
The first technologies are expected to include AI-enabled medical devices, including tools capable of identifying patients who are at greater risk of complications from long-term conditions, potentially allowing support and treatment to be provided earlier.
The programme will bring healthcare providers, regulators and technology developers together earlier in the innovation process, while testing proportionate, lifecycle-based approaches to regulation.
Mark Cubbon, Chief Executive, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, said:“ Patients should benefit from innovation as quickly as possible, but they should never have to choose between access and safety.
“ This partnership brings together key partners earlier in the process so we can understand what works and how new technologies perform in real healthcare settings.”
More than one in four UK school websites lack key browser security controls
ore than one in four UK primary and secondary school websites lack all seven browser-side security measures
M assessed in new research highlighting potential gaps in the education sector’ s web security.
Comparitech analysed 25,454 school websites, comprising 20,450 primary and 5,004 secondary and private school sites, to examine their implementation of common controls designed to mitigate threats including cross-site scripting, clickjacking, information leakage and insecure connections.
Only 52 websites – 0.2 % of those analysed – had implemented all seven measures, while 7,001, or 27.5 %, had none.
Primary schools performed better than secondary schools across every control assessed, implementing an average of 2.9 measures compared with 2.6 among secondary schools.
Rebecca Moody, Head of Data Research at Comparitech, said:“ This latest research highlights an alarming gap in browser security within UK schools. This is particularly concerning because school websites not only house sensitive student and staff data but will often be trusted by students, staff and parents. If they lack key browser security controls, this leaves them( and their users) vulnerable to data breaches, phishing campaigns, and cyber attacks.
“ Schools remain a key focus for hackers. So far this year, 11 UK primary and secondary schools have been targeted by ransomware groups alone. While it’ s not clear how the ransomware groups gained access to the schools’ systems in these cases, our findings show that over 40 % of them had three or fewer critical browser security controls in place.”
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