The FDA October Workshop on Cybersecurity

If it were possible to be unaware of the general problem  of cybersecurity, the recent Sony hack with its public disclosures of  “private” e- conversations and then terroristic blackmail, following the earlier release of celebrity cloud photos, ought to have provided notice that what is electronically stored is likely to be available to those determined to have it. Moreover we know that cybersecurity can in principle also impact the function and availability  of connected systems (Sony again) and/or the information they contain. We also need to be concerned about the malicious alteration of information or disruption of device performance. You may remember the hacked insulin pump story which is already a few years old, and the story that the wireless function of Vice President Cheney’s pacemaker was disabled to protect against hacking. In this broad context it may be worth taking a look at the FDA’s  now posted contents of the October 21-22, 2014 FDA workshop on  “Collaborative Approaches for Medical Device and Healthcare Cybersecurity”. There is also a link there to the October 29 FDA Webinar on the Final Guidance on Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices.  (If that link doesn’t work, as it didn’t for me, try here.) I had not been not aware that October was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The stated purpose o...
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