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# Five Areas to Address in Cybersecurity: Webinar
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/five-areas-to-address-in-cybersecurity-webinar/
- Published: 2017-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:02:34.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5137811

An FDA 1/12 webinar on the agency’s final guidance on postmarket management of cybersecurity in medical devices says that addressing this issue means implementing a proactive comprehensive risk management program that incorporates several tenets: applying the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) framework to strengthen critical infrastructure cyber security; establishing and communicating processes for vulnerability intake and handling; adopting a coordinated disclosure policy and practice; deploying mitigations that address security risk early and prior to exploitation; and engaging in collaborative information sharing for cyber vulnerabilities and threats.

Key principles, [according](http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/ucm534592.htm?ref=fdaweb.com) to CDRH associate director for science and strategic partnerships **Suzanne Schwartz**,are using a risk-based framework to assure that public health risks are addressed in a continual and timely fashion, manufacturer responsibility as shown in existing quality system regulations and FDA’s post-market authority, fostering a collaborative and coordinated approach to information sharing and risk assessment, and maintaining close alignment with the executive orders and the guidance’s framework.