Four medical device security vulnerabilities are impacting certain Sigma and Baxter Spectrum infusion pumps, a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) explained in an advisory....
A constant stream of ransomware attacks, increasing technological complexity, and escalating medical device security concerns across the sector have put pressure on healthcare cybersecurity efforts so far in 2022.
In conversation...
Nearly 80 percent of 517 survey respondents did not consider their organization’s IoT and IoMT cybersecurity activities to be mature, research conducted by Cynerio and the Ponemon Institute...
On behalf of its nearly 5,000 member healthcare organizations, the American Hospital Association (AHA) expressed its support for the Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care (PATCH) Act, which was...
Two medical device vulnerabilities in select Hillrom electrocardiograph products may cause unauthorized access and security risks, a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ICS advisory...
The recently introduced Strengthening Cybersecurity for Medical Devices Act called on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review and update its medical device security guidelines more...
At the RSA Conference, currently being held in San Francisco and virtually, panelists gathered for a session to discuss medical device security challenges.
Audience members posed questions about the...
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) disclosed two medical device security vulnerabilities found in certain Synapsys and Pyxis devices. The Pyxis vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22767) received a CVSS score of...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urged healthcare organizations to immediately patch severe cybersecurity vulnerabilities impacting certain Illumina medical devices. The vulnerabilities impact...
The Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) and the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC), in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton, created a new survey with the goal of...
Recently introduced medical device security legislation such as the Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care (PATCH) Act, the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) medical device security provisions within its user fee...
Recently introduced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fee legislation contains medical device security provisions that aim to quell cybersecurity concerns at the premarket stage. The bipartisan...
Medical device vulnerabilities are a growing concern in healthcare, as exemplified by recent vulnerability disclosures that could allow hackers to control systems remotely. However, most vulnerability...
Aethon TUG smart autonomous mobile robots may be impacted by five newly discovered critical zero-day vulnerabilities found by researchers at Cynerio. The vulnerabilities, dubbed JeckyllBot:5, could...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking feedback on its medical device security guidance surrounding premarket submission cybersecurity considerations. Stakeholders have until July 7,...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued an industrial control system (ICS) medical advisory regarding the LifePoint Informatics patient portal. If exploited, the...
US Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care (PATCH) Act with the intention of ensuring medical device security at the premarket...
The Biden Administration announced its FY 2023 budget proposal, which contains increased investments in cybersecurity across critical infrastructure.
“The Budget invests in cybersecurity...
Medical device security is arguably one of the biggest security challenges healthcare organizations face today. With thousands of connected devices moving around a hospital at once, organizations have historically struggled to keep a...
The Healthcare & Public Health Sector Coordinating Councils (HSCC) published model contract language to help healthcare organizations ensure medical device security when crafting contracts with...
