By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
US market regulators have published final guidance on radio frequency (RF) wireless technology used in medical devices, six years after draft guidance the topic was first issued.
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By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
US market regulators have published final guidance on radio frequency (RF) wireless technology used in medical devices, six years after draft guidance the topic was first issued.
Issues of medical device cybersecurity have increasingly gotten the attention of manufacturers and regulators, but they’re not the only ones interested in moving the conversation forward; personal injury lawyers are keeping a close eye on the issues as well.
The National Science Foundation announced this month that it had awarded nearly $20 million in "Frontier" grants to a handful of teams developing tools and programs to secure U.S. information systems, including a $10 million award for a multi-institution program for securing sensitive healthcare data.
New York-based insurance company Affinity Health Plan agreed to shell out $1.2 million to quell a lawsuit over an alleged technical fumble that exposed private patient information.
Regulators and healthcare providers are developing tools and standards to assess medical devices and their digital defenses, as medtech cybersecurity takes some giant steps from the theoretical to the practical.
Researchers have developed a "behavior-monitoring system" that they say can detect malware infecting medical devices, giving users greater insight into their technologies and prompting further action should a device become compromised.
Medical device makers would do well to fortify their cybersecurity strategies in preparation for the extra layers of software testing and review in development at the FDA.
Deaths of public figures often give rise to a raft of speculation and the passing of prominent cybersecurity expert and medical device hacker Barnaby Jack was no exception.
Cybersecurity expert and avid medical device hacker Barnaby Jack died this week, just days before he was slated to present his latest research into hacking implantable cardiac devices.