The NHS Test and Trace programme has signed UK risk management specialist Risk Ledger to proactively get to grips with cyber security risks in its supply chain, and mitigate the risks the NHS and other critical national infrastructure (CNI) organisations see emanating from supply chain cyber attacks, such as those perpetrated against the likes of Accellion, Microsoft and SolarWinds.
With a core mission of tracking and helping prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the UK, NHS Test and Trace will take advantage of Risk Ledger’s secure “social network” USP – which enables organisations to connect and share risk data securely and at speed, getting “unparalleled” levels of visibility into the supply chain, and a wide-ranging, comprehensive dataset to identify, measure and mitigate risk at scale. Risk Ledger claims it can do this for about 60% less per-supplier cost than more traditional risk management tools.
Digital infrastructure minister Matt Warman said the engagement was a demonstration of Westminster’s ambition to “build back better” in a post-Covid-19 world.
“The government is working tirelessly to secure the nation online and grow the UK’s £8.9bn…
