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FDA Credits 2019 Cybersecurity Work

David McFarland

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FDA is closing National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a listing of key 2019 agency activities to ensure medical device cybersecurity safety and awareness. The post calls attention to these items: 

  •          convened a patient engagement advisory committee that sought recommendations on integrating medical device cybersecurity risk into health risk communications;
  •          participated in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Software Transparency initiative;
  •          convened a public workshop on the premarket cybersecurity draft guidance;
  •          coordinated with MITRE to release an updated rubric for applying the Common Vulnerability Scoring System to medical devices;
  •          served in leadership roles in the Healthcare and Public Sector Coordinating Council; and
  •          served as co-chair for the International Medical Device Regulator’s Forum working group drafting a global medical device cybersecurity guide.

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