# Navigating the MedTech Cybersecurity Ecosystem

- Show: [Global Medical Device Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast)
- Published: 2021-07-13
- Length: 31m
- Episode: 219
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-07-13-navigating-the-medtech-cybersecurity-ecosystem
- Listen: https://podcast.greenlight.guru/episode/navigating-the-medtech-cybersecurity-ecosystem

## Summary

Jon Speer, founder of Greenlight Guru, interviews Mike Drues from Vascular Sciences about the scope and strategy of medical device cybersecurity. They clarify that the FDA’s concern is limited to device safety and efficacy, excluding identity theft and HIPAA privacy issues. Drues advises developers to question the necessity of constant internet connectivity and to use regulatory logic to apply existing standards to new threats.

## Chapters

- [1:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-07-13-navigating-the-medtech-cybersecurity-ecosystem#t=102) Defining FDA's Scope: Safety vs. Privacy
- [4:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-07-13-navigating-the-medtech-cybersecurity-ecosystem#t=282) Pop Culture and the History of Device Hacking
- [11:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-07-13-navigating-the-medtech-cybersecurity-ecosystem#t=662) NIST Standards and Industry Influence
- [16:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-07-13-navigating-the-medtech-cybersecurity-ecosystem#t=978) Minimizing Risk by Reducing Connectivity
- [23:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-07-13-navigating-the-medtech-cybersecurity-ecosystem#t=1401) Risk Management and the 'Software Check Valve'
- [28:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2021-07-13-navigating-the-medtech-cybersecurity-ecosystem#t=1738) Avoiding Box-Ticking in Regulatory Compliance

## Topics

- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)
- [Medical & health devices](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/medical-devices)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Greenlight Guru (company)
- Vascular Sciences (company)
- FDA (company)
- NIST (company)
- ISO (company)
- Boston Scientific (company)
- Homeland (product)
- HIPAA (other)

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- [021 - "Options" with Karandeep Singh Badwal](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2022-02-23-021-options-with-karandeep-singh-badwal) (Let's Combinate)
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- [Securing the Internet of Medical Things | Asimily's Shankar Somasundaram | Internet of Things Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2023-05-04-securing-the-internet-of-medical-things-asimilys-shankar-somasundaram-internet-o) (IoT For All Podcast)
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