Medical Device Security Is A Top Challenge For Healthcare CIO

The FDA has ordered all medical device vendors to improve security to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities, a move welcomed by industry professionals. The ruling comes amid rising concerns over the cost of data breaches and potential risks to patient safety. Three key issues making it hard for healthcare CIOs to manage medical devices and IoT are; an unstructured organizational infrastructure, the use of outdated operating systems, and challenges in managing an extensive and diverse medical and IoT inventory.