US FDA More Than 7 Years Behind In Cybersecurity Game, Expert Says
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A cybersecurity expert who works with hospitals to protect systems and devices from network attacks welcomes FDA's efforts to boost regulations around medical device cybersecurity, but says the agency should have made more of a push seven years ago when Microsoft announced it was no longer going to support Windows XP and Windows 7. Ferdous Al-Faruque reports
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