FDA Releases Final Guidance on Cybersecurity in Medical Devices, Public Workshop to Follow on October 21-22, 2014
Morgan Kennedy writes:
On October 2, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final guidance document titled “Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices”. The FDA said that the “need for effective cybersecurity to assure medical device functionality and safety has become more important with the increasing use of wireless, Internet- and network- connected devices, and the frequent electronic exchange of medical device-related health information.”
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