This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a January 2018 newsletter focusing on “cyber extortion.” Cyber extortion often involves an attacker gaining access to an organization’s computer system, stealing sensitive
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FDA issues final guidance on postmarket medical device cybersecurity
By Anna Rudawski (US) on
On December 28, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released final guidance on the management of cybersecurity vulnerabilities for marketed and distributed medical devices. The guidance establishes a risk-based approach for the reporting of medical device cybersecurity vulnerabilities…