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Health-sector groups to FDA: Mandate requirements for medical device cybersecurity

By Joshua Higgins / May 5, 2016

Manufacturers of medical devices should be required to implement specific standards for cybersecurity as voluntary guidance would likely not be followed, a number of health industry groups warned the FDA in comments on recently released draft medical device cybersecurity guidance.

“We understand that the current draft document is not a mandated standard,” the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance wrote in its comments. “However, we see great value in setting a timeline for when this will be a...


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