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Medical device security reaches a tipping point

February 23, 2017

Medical device security is flawed, but the fix isn’t going to happen overnight. And there’s no one entity to blame, according to Dale Nordenberg, executive director of MDISS (Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium)

But just as there’s no one person at fault for unsecured medical devices, there’s no one solution to the problem, Nordenberg explained.

“There’s no vendor out there today with the solution: There’s no magic wand,” Nordenberg said. “There’s no way to fix these devices tomorrow, and there’s no way hospitals can fix systems overnight — and we shouldn’t expect it.

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