Medical Device Cybersecurity 101 for HTM Professionals

Today the news is inundated with stories about cybersecurity compromised businesses, public services, and government operations.  Among those we often hear as being compromised are hospitals and healthcare-related organizations.  When compromises to healthcare organizations do occur, they have frequently shut down a department’s or an entire organization’s operations so that their ability to deliver healthcare and even patient safety can be adversely affected in a severe way.

While advancements in medical technology in recent years have led to great improvements in healthcare delivery, those same technology advancements are also creating new cybersecurity risks that, if not properly mitigated, could produce disastrous effects for healthcare organizations and their patients.  The first step in mitigating the growing cybersecurity risks associated with medical technology is to educate the CE/HTM community.

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