Phil Huggins
@oracuk
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Minimising unmitigated surprise. National CISO for Health & Social Care. Certified Red Team Thinker. Autistic | ADHD. He/Him. @[email protected]
London
Joined March 2009
I've taken some time recently to write up the Information Security Risk Universe I use for risk identification as an open framework for collaboration -> https://t.co/m9gif7g1N9 Comments, Issues and PRs welcome :)
github.com
Repository for the Open Information Security Risk Universe - oracuk/oisru
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šØ UK Health Secretary @wesstreeting has rejected Donald Trump's claims linking paracetamol in pregnancy to autism, telling ITV's Lorraine there is "no evidence" for it. "Donāt pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine," he said. "Listen to British
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This is insane. AI capex might account for a larger share of GDP than basically any technology since the railroad. Basically itās a mini-wartime economy, but the guns are chips and the tanks are databases
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https://t.co/idrrmHRVji āI had a talk with our lady in the ICT department and she cried, I think she blamed herself and was afraid of the doctors. I assured her that this issue was bigger than us,ā Dr āAkauāola said. This quote feels very authentic.
matangitonga.to
Nuku'alofa, Tonga: Tongaās National Health Information System is a victim of hackers who are demanding a ransom from the Tonga Government to release the nationās medical records and health plans, the...
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Elizabeth Anscombe on the reception of her campaign against Truman's honorary degree among the different Oxford colleges (2/3) (which occasioned the infamous comment that "the women are up to something"):
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It's #Eurovision today! But - song contest aside - #Eurovision itself was a pioneering (and often chaotic!) attempt to collaborate on new technology across Europe. And it only happened because of Queen Elizabeth ll. Let's look back at the birth of European broadcasting...
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I published an open letter to NHS suppliers introducing our cyber security charter for suppliers to the NHS: https://t.co/hZf3sqdOSb Lots of work to come to embed these expectations across contractural terms, assurance processes and regulatory obligations.
digital.nhs.uk
This is a copy of a letter sent toĀ CEOs of suppliers to the NHS, asking them to sign our charter of cyber security best practice. You can also download a PDF of the letter.
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"Cabinet Office focused on the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) as a positive example. It told us that DHSC had set a clear cyber security strategy for health and social care" " DHSC had started to improve its sectorās resilience." 2/2
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The Parliamentary Accounts Committee report on Governemnt Cyber Resilience was published today here: https://t.co/LEUw25d1J2 1/2
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Government defences have not kept up with the severe and rapidly evolving cyber threat We've published our report into the Government's resilience against a cyberattack ā ļø Read more š
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šļø Scam Survivor Day is just around the corner on 8 May 2025! More than half of scam targets report stress or trauma. š Learn more: https://t.co/tziQVTRYiM
@BBB_Institute #BBB #Scam #Fraud #ScamSurvivorDay #ScamAwareness #FraudPrevention #ConsumerProtection
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Security vendors produce software like any other software company. Itās just that their products are often on privilege boundaries. Ask them if they have taken the Secure by Design pledge.
It's kinda been raised, but its nuts that (according to Mandiant/M-Trends) in 2025: - vulnerabilities/exploits are the most frequently observed initial vector; - the top 4 exploited vulns belong to security vendors. What are we doing here? š¤Æš±
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In cybersecurity, measuring what works is tough. But measuring what doesnāt work? Thatās even tougher. Many vendors, and analysts, rely upon this fact.
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Americaās crisis is the UKās opportunity. My ā¦@NewStatesmanā© piece on why Keir Starmer should open the doors to the best and the brightest fleeing Donald Trumpās America.
newstatesman.com
Keir Starmer should open our doors to the best and the brightest fleeing Donald Trump.
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The older I get the more I realize: ⢠Silence is a response ⢠Being unbothered is a skill ⢠No is a full sentence ⢠Most "urgent" things can wait ⢠Respect > Attention ⢠Apologies are empty without change ⢠Movement is medicine ⢠You're not for everyone, and that's fine
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Privileged Access Workstations or š¾ impose material cost and complexity on adversaries. We have published a new set of principles for PAWs. https://t.co/hoAOX2t0FR
ncsc.gov.uk
Principles-based guidance for organisations setting up a PAW solution.
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Really proud of this great piece of work by my team on the state of cyber security in adult social care: https://t.co/HJZgVvjRfX
gov.uk
A report examining the knowledge and understanding of cyber security, and level of cyber resilience, in the adult social care sector.
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On this day in 1776, Edward Gibbon published the first volume of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a monumental work he would complete in six volumes by 1788. If you havenāt read all six (which I highly recommend you do), here are the main things you need to know! š§µ
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In 2025, boards need to focus on tech modernization and defensive controls like #MFA and #Segmentation to stay ahead of evolving threats. @PhilVenables, CISO at @GoogleCloud, outlines key areas organizations should prioritize. š Get the full forecast: https://t.co/uSZM7qvOsT
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