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Ransomware Attack Leads to Fatality

September 21, 2020

Third-party software component vulnerability exploit causes treatment delay, leading to patient death. Healthcare providers have long been a favorite target for bad actors launching cyberattacks, which usually resulted in the loss of sensitive patient data. A recent cyberattack, however, has resulted in the loss of... Continue reading

Cyberspace Solarium Commission – A Public-Private Brainstorming Initiative

September 10, 2020

The United States Cybersecurity Solarium Commission (CSC) was formed in 2019 to “develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the United States in cyberspace against cyber-attacks of significant consequences.” The CSC published their report to the public on March 11, 2020. The report... Continue reading

What medical device manufacturers need to know about the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s Final Report and the reference to Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM)

August 6, 2020

Are you prepared for US cybersecurity legislation that could result in lawsuits and fines if not implemented according to prescription? Did you know that the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act chartered the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) to define such cybersecurity policies and legislation? As... Continue reading

Vigilant Ops Announces Availability of InSight Platform V1

June 5, 2020

On May 11 2020, Vigilant Ops, an innovator in medical device cybersecurity, announced the immediate availability of InSight Platform V1, enabling medical device manufacturers to begin automatically generating, updating, and monitoring device software bills of materials (SBOMs). FDA’s draft version of their premarket guidance refers... Continue reading

Incident Response Plan Cyber Simulation Exercise

June 5, 2020

Executing effective simulation exercises and rigorously testing the organization’s incident response capability has been proven to positively impact the organization’s ability to recover. There is sufficient evidence to show that organizations can reduce the cost of a breach by more than 30%1 simply by having... Continue reading

Three Reasons You Need to Use AI Software for Generating and Maintaining Medical Device SBOMs/CBOMs

June 4, 2020

What if you found out there was a way to interrogate medical devices and automatically generate cybersecurity bill of materials (CBOM)? Although you may initially miss the manual effort, you and fellow MDMs can now use artificial intelligence to begin automatically generating, maintaining, and monitoring... Continue reading

The Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Device Cybersecurity

May 7, 2020

Hackers are opportunists. Not long after the first case of COVID-19, possibly as early as November 17, 2019, hackers, bad actors and cyberpunks sensed an opportunity. They could be heard echoing the battle cry to never let a crisis go to waste! Long before you... Continue reading

The Importance of an Incident Response Plan

May 6, 2020

Medical device manufacturers must follow various regulations for their fielded devices, generally referred to as postmarket requirements, which include tracking and reporting malfunctions and injuries. Most have formal procedures and processes in place to satisfy these requirements. However, security incidents impact medical device manufacturers, and... Continue reading

Developing an Incident Response Plan for Medical Device Manufacturers

May 6, 2020

As we explored in the article titled “The Importance of an Incident Response Plan”, one of the most cost- effective mitigation tools against cybersecurity breaches is the incident response (IR) plan. In addition to the IR plan, having a formal IR team periodically testing the... Continue reading

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How Bayer Streamlined SBOM Compliance and Cybersecurity with Vigilant Ops