NHS Digital updates cyber security toolkit for social care staff

NHS Digital has updated materials designed to be used by social care organisations to help improve staff knowledge of cyber security concerns such as phishing, data sharing, unlocked screens and weak passwords.

Keep I.T. Confidential, which first launched in 2019 to clinical staff in healthcare organisations, has been updated to help support social care organisations to improve security culture within their care settings. Assets included in the toolkit are screensavers, web banners, social media graphics and suggested copy for bulletins and newsletters.

The materials were developed in partnership with Digital Social Care, an organisation which provides technology support to the social care sector.

Michelle Corrigan, Programme Director, Better Security, Better Care, said:

“The Better Security, Better Care programme welcomes the strong messages for social care providers and their staff in the Keep I.T. Confidential campaign. Protecting people’s data is really a safeguarding issue as we all store and share more and more information digitally.

“Our sector is making good progress, with increasing numbers of care providers demonstrating that they have good data and cyber security arrangements in place, by using the official Data Security and Protection Toolkit. But there is definitely room for improvement.

“The Keep I.T. Confidential campaign provides valuable, clear advice for care staff and we encourage everyone to share these messages widely.”