FDA Announces Actions to Strengthen Medical Device Cybersecurity

The Food and Drug Administration has released a framework to help hospitals and other health care providers plan for and respond to cybersecurity incidents involving medical devices. Developed by MITRE Corp., the “playbook” includes steps such as developing a medical device inventory and conducting training exercises. The agency also announced two memoranda of understanding to create information sharing analysis organizations, groups of experts that will gather, analyze and disseminate information about cyber threats.