Cybersecurity for Medical Devices and Hospital Networks: FDA Safety Communication

Citation
Food and Drug Administration, Cybersecurity for Medical Devices and Hospital Networks: FDA Safety Communication (June 13, 2013) (full-text).

Overview
The FDA recommended that medical device manufacturers and health care facilities take steps to assure that appropriate safeguards are in place to reduce the risk of failure due to cyberattack, which could be initiated by the introduction of malware into the medical equipment or unauthorized access to configuration settings in medical devices and hospital networks.