Chris Harvey
Chris Harvey, Senior VP of Client Services at Sedgwick

Multiple Regulators Focused on Cybersecurity Risk for Medical Devices | By Chris Harvey, Senior VP of Client Services at Sedgwick

Harvey writes, "When we looked at cybersecurity and medical devices last fall, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not have express federal statutory requirements for medical device manufacturers regarding cybersecurity. However, it is clear that there are real dangers. In September 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that as of January 2022, 53% of connected medical devices and other Internet of things (IoT) devices in hospitals had known critical vulnerabilities." Read on.

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