Stacy Cline Amin, Kristen Mathews, and Rachel Park authored an article for Law360 discussing the FBI’s private industry notification reminding medical device companies that cybersecurity has to be front of mind.
“The FBI alert warned that unpatched vulnerabilities can create serious issues that may affect health care facilities' operational functions, patient safety, data confidentiality and data integrity,” the authors wrote.
They added: “This action from the FBI follows U.S. Food and Drug Administration draft guidance from April 8, regarding cybersecurity responsibilities for medical device manufacturers. Given the significant spotlight both agencies have put on medical device cybersecurity, the industry faces an urgent need to ensure it is complying with the recommendations of its regulators.”
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