NHS Test and Trace has selected British cybersecurity company Risk Ledger to manage risks in their supply chain.
The firm says the move is a proactive measure to mitigate the increasing risks NHS and other critical national infrastructure organisations face from supply chain cyberattacks.
Risk Ledger says its platform will help the UK government-funded service manage cybersecurity risks in its supply chain at least 60 percent cheaper than traditional solutions.
Cybersecurity risks in the supply chain can include third parties failing to encrypt sensitive data when it is being transferred. NHS Test and Trace, established to track and help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus in England, will take advantage of Risk Ledger’s ‘social network’ that provides visibility of their supply chain and the data to identify, measure and mitigate supply risks at scale.
Targeting healthcare supply chains
“The government is working tirelessly to secure the nation online and grow the UK’s £8.9 billion cybersecurity industry as we build back better from the pandemic,” said Minister for Digital Infrastructure, Matt Warman MP.
“We’re helping SMEs develop innovative products and services and it’s great to see Risk Ledger, one of the firms we’ve supported, win this contract to protect the Test and Trace system and support the national effort against coronavirus.”
Risk Ledger CEO and Co-Founder Haydn Brooks described NHS Test and Trace as “the biggest new start-up in the UK healthcare market”.
“We are delighted they have chosen to take advantage of our ability to provide enhanced visibility of their supply chain risks. I am proud we will be part of the effort to secure this incredibly important supply chain.
“Healthcare organisations and their supply chains handle lots of highly sensitive data and have a high rate of data breaches. We have already seen during the Covid-19 pandemic that bad actors are actively targeting supply chains to access data and cause disruption.”
The company is a member of the UK Government backed LORCA programme (London Office of Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement).
