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Who keeps us safe?

09 June 2017
 

Recent IT failures embarrassed British Airways and Manchester Metrolink and caused disruption to passengers, but did not threaten public safety. They should, however, be read as warnings that great care must be taken to ensure that bigger incidents – potentially involving injuries or fatalities – do not result from further connecting our transport systems to IT networks.

Human error or internal systems failures are not the only potential threats. Last month many NHS facilities were...

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