Cyber

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Dear Barts Health NHS Trust,

Please answer the following questions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

1) What antivirus software does the trust use to safeguard all the devices on your network?

2) What percentage of your annual budget is allocated to prevent and combat cyber-attacks?

3) Please stipulate how many times a year, each year from 2013-2016, your organisation has experienced cyber-attacks from external hackers on any network device within the trust. Please also provide the nature of the attack, whether or not you reported it to the police and the date of specific attacks. Please answer question 3) in a table format with the years 2013,2014,2015,2016 in the first column, on the left-hand side.

4) For each of the cyber-attacks your trust have experienced (including attempted), please stipulate how much ransom each perpetrator asked for (figure to be stated in British Pound sterling).

5) For each of the cyber-attacks your trust have experienced (including attempted), please stipulate how much the trust paid in ransom (figure to be stated in British Pound sterling).

6) In total, how many ransoms have your trust paid to cyber attackers each year from 2013-2016? (Figure to be stated in British Pound sterling.)

7) For each cyber-attack that your trust has experienced (including attempted), please stipulate the country from which the attack was perpetrated, if known.

Yours faithfully,

Georgia Edkins

FAO Ms Georgia Edkins

 

Dear Ms Edkins

 

Your Request for Information [FOI-023-17]

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Pamela Wood

 

Corporate Records 

Barts Health NHS Trust 

 

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FAO Ms Georgia Edkins

 

Dear Ms Edkins

 

Your Request for Information [FOI-023-17]

 

I am writing in response to your recent request for information relating
to security of the IT systems in our Trust.  In reply to your questions we
can advise you as follows:

 

Your Question 1:  What antivirus software does the trust use to safeguard
all the devices on your network?

Our response:  Sophos

 

Your Question 2:  What percentage of your annual budget is allocated to
prevent and combat cyber-attacks?

Our response:  Between 1% and 2% of our annual ICT budget is allocated for
the purchase of AV, firewalls and web filtering.  

 

Your Question 3:   Please stipulate how many times a year, each year from
2013-2016, your organisation has experienced cyber-attacks from external
hackers on any network device within the trust. Please also provide the
nature of the attack, whether or not you reported it to the police and the
date of specific attacks. Please answer question 3) in a table format with
the years 2013,2014,2015,2016 in the first column, on the left-hand side.

Our response:

2013         0

2014         0

2015         0

2016         1 -  Ransomware.   This was not reported externally   

 

 

Your Question 4:  For each of the cyber-attacks your trust have
experienced (including attempted), please stipulate how much ransom each
perpetrator asked for (figure to be stated in British Pound sterling).

Our response:    £0

 

Your Question 5:  For each of the cyber-attacks your trust have
experienced (including attempted), please stipulate how much the trust
paid in ransom (figure to be stated in British Pound sterling).

Our response:  £0

 

Your Question 6:  In total, how many ransoms have your trust paid to cyber
attackers each year from 2013-2016? (Figure to be stated in British Pound
sterling.)

Our response:  0

 

Your Question 7:    For each cyber-attack that your trust has experienced
(including attempted), please stipulate the country from which the attack
was perpetrated, if known.

Our response:   The source of our 2016 attack is not known  

 

I hope that this information will be of value to you but please let us
know if you require any further information
([1][Barts Health NHS Trust request email]).    We would be grateful if you would take a
minute to fill out our FOI Feedback Questionnaire at
[2]www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/foi-feedback.    

 

If you are dissatisfied on how your request has been handled, you can
complain in writing to: The Information Governance Manager, Barts Health
NHS Trust:   Email;  [3][Barts Health NHS Trust request email]

 

Postal address:  The Information Governance Manager 

                                 Barts Health NHS Trust,

                                 Lower Ground Floor

                                 9 Prescot Street,

                                 Aldgate,  

                                 London E1 8PR

 

If, after we have addressed your complaint, you remain dissatisfied with
how we have responded,  you are entitled to appeal to the Information
Commissioner  (Tel 01625 545 745)   details are shown at [4]www.ico.org.uk

 

Yours sincerely,

 

PAMELA WOOD

 

Corporate Records  

Barts Health NHS Trust

 

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