Medical Device Manufacturers Fail To Make The Grade On Cybersecurity
Forbes September 17, 2024
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How would you grade your organization’s cybersecurity? A new report does just that, and the results are concerning for medical device companies. Overall, healthcare gets a passing B+, but medical device makers and distributors scored the lowest. They landed in the bottom 10% in scoring.
So, why is this segment that has specific guidelines and requirements to meet per the Federal Drug Administration not making the grade?
The report calls out medical device company weaknesses.
The main reasons medical device organizations came up short include:
• Lower endpoint security ratings, as many aren’t using the newest version of browsers.
• Attack surface...