Medical Device Software Cybersecurity and IEC 62304 Compliance

Overview:

This session will provide some insight into current trends in cybersecurity threats to medical devices and how to follow industry best practices to prevent and/or mitigate these threats.

Cybersecurity is a serious concern for medical device safety and effectiveness. Without protection, software running on a medical device could cause severe injury or death to a patient. There are many forms of cybersecurity and many remedies for thwarting attempts to penetrate medical device software. Most of these are based in physical and logical security practices that are becoming best industry practices. This webinar will detail some of the threats and ways to mitigate them to protect consumers from harm. This webinar will also focus on IEC 62304. Medical devices can use very complex software applications, and any failure to function properly could lead to potential injury or death of a consumer or patient. There is a need to improve overall standards for medical…