Medical Device Security Doesn't End at FDA Approval
Medical device security requires SBOMs, vulnerability monitoring and post-market controls long after FDA approval.
Medical device security requires SBOMs, vulnerability monitoring and post-market controls long after FDA approval.
Air gaps reduce cyber exposure but can kill visibility. Learn why critical infrastructure needs telemetry, segmentation and monitoring.
Among the topics: Cognitive warfare and medical device mayhem.
Sean Satterlee’s CYBR.HAK.CON. presentation used the deadly Therac-25 radiation overdoses to expose how modern connected medical devices still repeat many of the same dangerous cybersecurity and safety failures.
New survey results show that medical device procurement standards are tightening and budgets are growing, yet organizations are not keeping pace with threat actors as their attacks become more frequent. And the security gap between legacy and newly deployed devices isn’t closing.
Many medical devices have expected lifespans measured in decades, and the majority of connected medical devices currently in use wouldn't meet the FDA's latest cybersecurity standards if submitted for approval. Adversaries have noticed.