Who Is Responsible? Congressional Cybersecurity Inquiry Reveals Manufacturer, Provider Rift
Executive Summary
Hospitals and clinicians are pushing back against any assertion that they share equal responsibility with product manufacturers for cybersecurity of legacy connected medical devices. Manufacturers should be required to bear more responsibility, health-care provider groups told US House lawmakers. Device-makers, however, argue it is unreasonable to expect them to support security on their products indefinitely.
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