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# Continue, Enhance Operational Technology Security: FDA
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/continue-enhance-operational-technology-security-fda/
- Published: 2021-06-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T17:02:22.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5149500

In its response to a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) workshop and call for position papers, FDA says NIST and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration should “continue with and enhance their present approaches to the development of standards and guidelines for operational technology security by leveraging experts from across the public and private sectors.” The agency [response](https://www.fda.gov/media/149954/download?ref=fdaweb.com) says increasing communications on existing science and engineering principles, standards, and guidance can translate into improvements in OT cybersecurity, which has a fundamentally different risk management calculus from traditional information technology security.

The document summarizes established FDA practices and efforts presently underway for OT cybersecurity in the greater medical device security ecosystem and highlights five areas identified by NIST.