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FDA ‘guides’ the way to medical device security
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has, for the second time in two years, issued recommendations to improve the security of connected medical devices. Not mandates – recommendations.Which immediately raises the question: Will anything that is non-binding put enough pressure on manufacturers to spend the time and money it will take to improve device security?That, as is frequently said, remains to be seen.The FDA issued what it called “guidance” on the “postmarket management of cybersecurity for medical devices,” at the end of last year.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here