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Five ways pharma and MedTech companies can ensure cyber security and trust in their digital health solutions

by cyb2025
A. Bridden, M. Patel
cyber security
Digital health
digitalization
medical devices

ANDY BRIDDEN, MAYUR PATEL
PA Consulting, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT

Drug delivery and medical devices are increasingly becoming connected, offering real benefits to patients and healthcare providers. Such advances offer care that is safer, faster, and more convenient for patients. Patients who get information on their mobile phone on whether they have administered their drug dose correctly, for example, will not need to visit the clinic as often. These connected devices are vulnerable to a range of cyber threats with several incidents being flagged by the FDA. Addressing cyber risks requires focussed effort from the early stages of the design of the device and throughout its lifecycle.
The article outlines key recommendations to help reduce the cyber risk of connected medical devices and ensure cyber security is embedded into the design.

Drug delivery and medical devices, from pacemakers to diagnostics, are increasingly becoming connected and offering real advances in the delivery of healthcare. These devices contain software that connects to the external world to share or receive data, and provide benefits such as compliance, adherence and monitoring vital signs. It is essential to ensure these devices are cyber secure.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andy Bridden is an Internet of Things security expert with over 30 years experience in delivering innovation to clients. Andy focusses on delivering cyber security for medical devices and pharma sectors where cyber-risk safety related implications. Andy has an engineering background which includes hardware design, software and project delivery. He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Project Professional.
Mayur Patel is an accomplished leader with over 18 years of innovative pharma digital health and medical device development experience. Mayur supports Pharma companies to develop products that can simplify patients’ lives by providing them the best of treatments in their ‘comfort’ settings – home, work or travelling.

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