HHS OIG on Cybersecurity and the FDA
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a...
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Medical Device Security: a Simple Roadmap and What to Do Right Now
Join us for an in-depth discussion with Caston Thomas, an expert in the field of data security...
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Medical Device Security Threat Predictions for 2018
Last November Kapersky Labs made some medical device security threat predictions for 2018 on their...
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Even More Proposed Medical Device Connectivity Legislation
The FDA, medical devices, and cybersecurity are popular subject matter for proposed Federal...
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Connected Medical Device & IOT Security Summit
Introduction – Why Attend the Summit Cybersecurity is not about human stupidity, random...
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FDA to Address Cybersecurity at Workshop
Cybersecurity continues to be a hot topic in healthcare with several areas of concern. These...
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Muddy Waters Alleges St Jude’s Devices Vulnerable to Cyberattack
On August 25, 2016, Muddy Waters Research (MWR) published a report titled, MW is Short St Jude...
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Cybersecurity
The FDA sets manufacturer's expectations on what is expected to address data security threats in...
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Connectivity and Hackability
It is somewhat ironic that Hospira and Cerner announced a new collaboration on Hospira’s infusion...
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Some Funky Cybersecurity Math
Assessing the magnitude and significance of cyber threats has at least two important purposes. One...
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The FDA October Workshop on Cybersecurity
If it were possible to be unaware of the general problem of cybersecurity, the recent Sony hack...
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DHHS OIG Work Plan Targets Networked Devices
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services has...
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Hacked Insulin Pump
The fact that connectivity, and perhaps wireless connectivity in particular, allows for hacking...
Read MoreIs WPA TKIP Vulnerable to Attacks?
When you use wireless LAN or Wi-Fi® technology to connect medical devices to a network, you need to ensure that all data transmitted over the air is viewed only by the intended recipient. A key part of protecting transmitted...
Read MoreLike Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Data Security
Security advisor columnist Roger Grimes wrote an interesting piece on the evolution of corporate data security. He used Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as his model. Briefly, here is Grimes’ Hierarchy of Security Needs:In...
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