Forbes October 4, 2023
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations mandate that all medical device vendors tighten their security features with processes to find and mitigate vulnerabilities.
The FDA mandate is a step in the right direction since it costs a healthcare system $11M to recover from a cyberattack, according to IBM’s 2023 Cost of a Data Breach report. The setback is not only costly financially, but it can also affect a patient’s life.
Carter Groome, CEO at First Health Advisory applauds the FDA mandate and said, “Healthcare organizations have a moral duty of care in managing the risk of medical IoT devices in their environments to ensure patient safety and keep the most basic clinical operations from failing. The consequences of shirking such...
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