How MedTech manufacturers can move cybersecurity upstream, strengthen traceability, and prepare for faster vulnerability response.
AdaptHealth is investigating a material cyberattack after attackers used a social engineering scheme to compromise a third-party contractor’s account, stealing patient data from its cloud-based systems as reports link the breach to the ShinyHunters extortion group, though the attribution remains unconfirmed.
In healthcare, a cyber vulnerability is not just an IT problem. It can quickly become a patient-care problem.
Protect patient data with medical IoT security. Learn how AI, Zero Trust, and encryption can prevent cyber threats and secure healthcare IoT devices.
Iran-linked hackers claim cyberattack launched against U.S. medtech company Stryker.
In the current Cyber Threat environment, companies must have strong cyber liability insurance. Policies must specifically account for cyber-physical risks and the substantial costs of post-market remediation, including mandatory software patches and patient notifications. Insurers are well aware of the 524B mandate and are increasingly requiring proof of compliance before issuing coverage or offering favorable rates. How do you assure your cyber risk plan insurable?
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication to raise awareness about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Contec CMS8000 patient monitors and Epsimed MN-120 patient monitors. These medical devices are used in health care and home settings for displaying information, such as the vital signs of a patient, including temperature, heartbeat, and blood pressure.
Key trends picking up momentum in the field of healthcare. How GenAI is revolutionizing clinical workflows. The rise of ambient technologies in patient care. IoMT devices and SaMD solutions to enable patient care. Interoperability and automation of data. Cybersecurity to ensure the safety of personal data.
The Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) can help healthcare organizations prioritize security vulnerabilities, but it has limitations in IoMT environments. While EPSS provides valuable data-driven prioritization, it should be combined with other risk assessments, cybersecurity frameworks, and strategies to more comprehensively secure healthcare systems’ IoMT devices.
Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs), developed to help critical infrastructure industries prevent and become more resilient to cyber and physical security attacks, are expanding their strategies to meet ever-evolving threats. Errol Weiss, Chief Security Officer of the Health-ISAC, discusses how these groups work to protect industry, emerging threats and how device developers and healthcare organizations are working together to protect patients.