FDA seeks funding for new cyber unit, developing rules with third-party certification

The Food and Drug Administration is seeking $70 million to create a Center of Excellence on Digital Health, which will include a cybersecurity unit and will craft new regulations with third-party certification for developing medical devices and other health-data technologies, according to budget material sent to congressional appropriators.

A portion of those funds would also go to standing up a public-private partnership to assess cybersecurity vulnerabilities related to medical devices and cloud-based data storage systems, according to FDA's “budget...