The FDA’s medical device cybersecurity director detailed specific measures to help hospitals prevent cyberattacks on the equipment that keeps COVID-19 vaccines at the correct temperature.
From a medical cybersecurity perspective, it was a significant—albeit grim—milestone. The family of infant Nicko Silar filed a lawsuit against Mobile, Ala.-based Springhill Medical Center alleging that the three-week ransomware attack that took place at the hospital in July 2019 directly led to the child’s death. But is the hospital to blame?
According to new research conducted by think-tank The Ponemon Institute, in conjunction with cybersecurity company Censinet, the patient care implications of a ransomware attack on a hospital can be deadlier than people realize.
Despite the FDA’s move to make infusion pumps safer—and actions taken to secure pumps, such as the B. Braun Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump, at the software level—cybersecurity experts at McAfee Enterprise have found ways to exploit these devices.
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If there’s one issue that keeps 24×7 readers up at night, it’s medical device cybersecurity—at least that’s what you told us in our 2020 compensation and job satisfaction survey. Here, 24×7 Magazine Chief Editor Keri Forsythe-Stephens shares how the industry is responding to such concerns.
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A number of cyberattacks have garnered headlines lately—namely the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in May and the December 2020 SolarWinds data breach—but experts say that policymakers are overlooking a very vulnerable industry: healthcare.
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The impact of failing to safeguard medical devices and system-wide networks before a hacker unleashes an attack on a healthcare facility cannot be overstated. In this article, cybersecurity experts share steps HTM professionals can take to keep the equipment they maintain as secure as possible.
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Suzanne Schwartz, director of the U.S. FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation, reveals that the FDA is requesting “additional legislative authorities” designed to improve medical device cybersecurity amid surging cyberattacks.
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BlackBerry has confirmed that critical software vulnerabilities detected earlier this year also impact code the company made for numerous medical devices.
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When it comes to medical device cybersecurity, healthcare technology management (HTM) departments are often a hospital’s first line of defense. That’s why AAMI is offering a new training course: “Medical Cybersecurity 101 for HTM Professionals.”
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A new article in Forbes reveals how medical device manufacturers often overlook cybersecurity in their quest to bring new products to market as quickly as possible and why this practice is troublesome.
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CyberMDX announces the release of a new report, conducted in collaboration with Philips, which examines attitudes, concerns, and impacts on medical device security as well as cybersecurity across large and midsize healthcare delivery organizations. And the results are telling.
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Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has opened an innovation lab to test the security of medical devices utilized throughout the health system, including infusion pumps, anesthesia machines, and patient monitors.
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Here, Nuvolo’s Vice President of Global Marketing Ben Person shares what surprised him most in his company’s joint survey with HIMSS regarding cybersecurity preparedness in the healthcare sector.
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Several industry stakeholders have testified before Congress regarding the growing threat of ransomware in the healthcare sector. One such individual, Christian Dameff, MD, an emergency medicine physician and the medical director of cybersecurity for UC San Diego Health, was very vocal about cyber concerns.
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