FDA exec on cybersecurity: Hospitals, healthcare providers under constant attack

he U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the MITRE Corporation are working together to foster a more a collaborative approach to address the sometimes abject vulnerability of critical medical devices to cyberattack. At HIMSS16, in fact, FDA director of emergency preparedness, operations and medical countermeasures Suzanne Schwartz, MD, and MITRE senior principal cybersecurity engineer Margie Zuk, senior principal will discuss those efforts during the session "Systemic Management of Medical Device Cyberscurity." Schwartz shared some thoughts on device security ahead of the conference.