MANAGEMENT OF CYBERSECURITY IN MEDICAL DEVICES
MANAGEMENT OF CYBERSECURITY IN MEDICAL DEVICES

Summary/Abstract: The need for effective cybersecurity to ensure medical device functionality and safety has become more important with the increasing use of wireless, Internet and network connected devices, portable media, and the frequent electronic exchange of medical device related health information. Cybersecurity incidents have rendered medical devices and hospital networks inoperable, disrupting the delivery of patient care across healthcare facilities. Such incidents may lead to patient harm because of delays in diagnoses and/or treatment, errors in diagnoses and/or treatment, etc. In this paper it will be presented basic principles and practices for medical device cybersecurity recommended by International Medical Device Regulators Forum.

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