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AAMI TIR 57 on medical device cybersecurity risk management will be published in 2016.  Status: The TIR has been recognized by the FDA before it was even been made available for purchase by AAMI. The TIR is now available for purchase from AAMI.
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National Law Review discusses a case before the EU Court of Justice to decide if medical software that provides support to healthcare professionals in prescribing medicinal products should be considered a medical device. The manufacturer prefers it to be considered a medical device to avoid more onerous requirements if it is not treated that way.
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Sherman Eagles of SoftwareCPR® recently coauthored an article published by AAMI in the Jan/Feb 2016 BIT Journal entitled “Cybersecurity for Medical Device Manufacturers: Ensuring Safety and Functionality.”  You can read the article at this link: 2016 Jan-Feb BIT Cybersecurity Sherman is well known as an expert in medical device standards and has been involved in many...
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On March 29, 2016, the US Department of Homeland Security issued an Advisory regarding the Carefusion Pyxis SupplyStation System Vulnerabilities that would only require an attacker with low skills.  Specific mitigations listed in the Advisory include: Isolate affected products from the Internet and untrusted systems; however, if additional connectivity is required, use a VPN solution....
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The Final Draft International Standard was approved at the end of 2015 and will be submitted for publication. The standard is expected to be published by the end of March 2016.  A three year transition period has been proposed.
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NOTE: This is for historical reference as a final guidance was issued Sept 2017 and is posted separately. FDA issued a new draft guidance entitled “Design Considerations and Pre- market Submission Recommendations for Interoperable Medical Devices”. This guidance addresses medical devices that exchange information whether wired or wireless including through the internet. It includes unidirectional...
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FDA held a two day public cybersecurity workshop Jan 20-21,2016.   See the output, including links to the webcasts, from the workshop sessions.
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Note:  This draft is OBSOLETE and included only for historical reference only.  Look for the final draft elsewhere on this site. To view the guidance click this link:  2016-01-FDA Post market Cybersecurity draft guidance This guidance references a number of Presidential Executive Orders related to critical infrastructure and cybersecurity as a driving force for FDA’s increased oversight...
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FDA held a public workshop, “Collaborative Approaches for Medical Device and Healthcare Cybersecurity,” October 21-22, 2014, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security. The program book issued by FDA after the workshop was held is at the link provided. It contains information on the sessions, objectives, and speaker biographies. Sherman Eagles of SoftwareCPR® was...
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The U.S. FBI issued a Public Service Announcement on the Internet of Things that includes, “Criminals can also gain access to unprotected devices used in home health care, such as those used to collect and transmit personal monitoring data or time-dispense medicines. Once criminals have breached such devices, they have access to any personal or...
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FDA maintains a webpage for its educational modules referred to as “CDRH Learn.”  Specialty Technical Topics provides a list with a section for IT and Software that includes three modules on Digital Health, Cybersecurity information in premarket submissions, and CDRH regulated software.
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FDA issued a safety communication to health care facilities using the Hospira Symbiq Infusion System regarding cybersecurity vulnerabilities. FDA is advising facilities to seek alternative infusion systems. In the interim, it is recommended the systems be disconnected from networks and maintain the drug libraries by updating manually along with other recommendations. An article regarding the...
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The National Institute of Science of Technology issued Version 1 of its framework for improving cybersecurity for critical infrastructure including health care. The full press release is at the link provided.
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FDA issued a Medwatch alert for infusion pumps May 13, 2015, regarding security vulnerabilities in Hospira’s LifeCare PCA3 and PCA5 Infusion Pump Systems.  A researcher has shown that exploiting the vulnerabilities could allow an unauthorized user to remotely modify the dosage delivered.  Homeland security was previously working with Hospira about this vulnerability (we reported on...
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Hospira Lifecare PCA infusion pump running “SW ver 412” does not require authentication for Telnet sessions, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via TCP port 23.  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been working with Hospira to get this resolved and Hospira will be performing a recall to correct this.
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The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a document entitled “Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” dated February 12, 2014.   This document is now being used by FDA as a reference in its cybersecurity program.  You can download version 1.0 here: Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Version 1.0 See our later post...
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Sherman Eagles of SoftwareCPR® provides the following summary of some key points from FDA’s webinar on their premarket cybersecurity guidance on October 29. In the webinar FDA noted that the Instructions for Use should include what cybersecurity controls are needed in the use environment, but stated that it is not sufficient for a device to...
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The FDA held a two day public workshop on Collaborative Approaches for Medical Device and Healthcare Cybersecurity on October 21-22. Documentation on the workshop including the video recording of the workshop can be found at: http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/ucm412979.htm.
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Brian Pate of SoftwareCPR® writes: In May 2014, FDA offered further guidance to manufacturers regarding premarket submission information identifying cyber-security risks and hazards associated with their medical devices, and the responsibility for engineering appropriate risk controls to address patient safety and assure proper device performance. FDA encouraged manufacturers to report any cyber-security incidents that may...
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In a new draft guidance (for electrosurgical devices; but in our opinion representative of information needed for other devices) FDA stated that cybersecurity information including but not limited to the following should be provided: Confidentiality assures that no unauthorized users have access to the information. Integrity is the assurance that the information is correct –...
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NIST received comments on the Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity and is updating the framework. They have announced that the final version (Version 1.0) will be released on February 13. When it is released, the Final Framework will be posted at NIST.
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FDA’s Device Center added a dedicated webpage on Cybersecurity for medical devices in its connected health section.
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ICS-CERT is issuing this alert to provide early notice of a report of a hard-coded password vulnerability affecting roughly 300 medical devices across approximately 40 vendors. The document can be viewed at the following link: ICS-CERT_alert_med_dev
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NIST was directed to prepare a cybersecurity framework for critical infrastructure in Presidential Executive Order 13636. Healthcare was identified as one of the areas with critical infrastructure. This draft for comment is only an outline of the framework. NIST_draft_outline_cybersecurity_framework
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An article on the QMED website reporting on hacking of Medtronic Infusion pumps using remote wireless capability that could allow patient harm.
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On February 20, 2003, a final security rule 45 CFR Part 142 was issued. Subsequently HHS issued a series of educational documents regarding various aspects of the rule including administrative controls, physical controls, technical safeguards, risk management and others.  
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released software security information via a webpage, initiatives, and various documents related to software security. Some of this information (such as the paper on Security in a Software Lifecycle) may aid medical device IT and device software developers in designing in appropriate security and privacy measures to ensure...
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This content is only available to Premium Level and higher subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. At a 1-day current regulatory topics session by ASQ held in Needham, MA, on June 16, 2005, Alan Kusinitz, Managing Partner of SoftwareCPR®, gave a presentation on the recent FDA Cybersecurity Guidance and the new revised FDA “Guidance...
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We hope you find this Regulatory Roadmap on HIPAA Privacy and Security useful.
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On February 20, 2003, a final security rule 45 CFR Part 142 was issued. A copy is at this link: HIPAA Final Security Rule 2003-02. Medical Device manufacturers that produce devices that will maintain patient data should be aware of HIPAA privacy and security requirements to assure appropriate features are incorporated in their devices to...
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On August 14, 2002, the HIPAA final privacy rule 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 were modified to respond to comments and to reduce the administrative burden of the rule.  A copy of the new rule can be view here:  HIPAA Modified Final Privacy Rule 2002-08. Medical Device manufacturers that produce devices that will maintain patient...
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A NEMA presentation on HIPAA medical device issues is available here:  NEMA HIPAA Med Dev Issues Presentation. SoftwareCPR® provides on-site and web based training in HIPAA privacy and security regulations, in addition to other regulatory consulting services. SoftwareCPR® also provides a HIPAA Roadmap with links to relevant educational documents to paid subscribers (See Post HIPAA Privacy and...
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A NEMA paper on HIPAA medical device remote service issues is available here: NEMA HIPAA Med Dev Remote Services Paper. SoftwareCPR® provides on-site and web based training in HIPAA privacy and security regulations, in addition to other regulatory consulting services. SoftwareCPR® also provides a HIPAA Roadmap with links to relevant educational documents to paid subscribers (See...
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A NEMA paper on HIPAA is available here:  NEMA HIPAA Security Intro Overview. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was signed to law on July 21, 1996, and has the general objectives to: Guarantee health insurance coverage of employees Reduce health care fraud and abuse Introduce/implement administrative simplifications in order to augment...
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On December 28, 2000, a final privacy rule 45 CFR Part 160 and 164 was issued.  HHS provides the rule and related guidance here: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html. Medical device manufacturers that produce devices that will maintain patient data should be aware of HIPAA privacy and security requirements to assure appropriate features are incorporated in their devices to allow...
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