From Cutting-Edge to Legacy Devices: Maintaining Product Security in the Hospital

David Scott, Director of Technical Consulting at BD, discusses key barriers to medical device security in hospitals. These barriers include asset management challenges, the speed of evolving threats, and compressed contractual incident response timelines. He also addresses the FDA’s guidelines on releasing patches and upgrades, the components of a strong vulnerability disclosure program, and advice for securing legacy or “unpatchable” medical devices. BD is committed to delivering secure solutions through transparency and collaboration, and focuses on software-only products to assist with patching and updates.