“When the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Food and Drug Administration wanted to add cyber rigor to medical devices they turned to a familiar name.”
“VA and the FDA worked with the Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL) to develop new standards and practical certification approaches for connected medical devices. UL is the same organization that makes sure Christmas lights, toaster ovens or many other electronics are safe and meet specific industry standards.”
“Through a cooperative research and development agreement, the three organizations demonstrated that the use of the UL 2900 Series of standards, related product testing and certification gave the VA greater confidence and assurance of the medical devices. The report, released last fall, detailed the findings and conclusions from the joint effort.”
“Paul Tibbits, VA’s executive director in the Office of Technical Integration, said the two-year initiative is part of the agency’s effort to ensure device manufacturers are doing more to ‘bake security’ into their products…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA-led research effort shows how medical devices can have well-known seal of approval – By Jason Miller, May 29, 2020. Federal News Network.
