The U.K. National Health Service recently launched a 20 million pound — or about $27 million — project on a new security operations center to help its hospital and health centers fend off cyberattacks.The new Security Operations Center will improve the health systems current security capabilities, including ethical hacking, malware analysis and pen testing. The center is also tasked with giving NHS Trusts cybersecurity guidance.The announcement comes on the heels of the massive global WannaCry attack. Over 50 NHS Trusts were impacted by the attack, including about 600 surgeries and more than 19,000 appointment cancellations. In fact, five hospitals were forced to divert ambulances to other facilities.

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