Trust is a prerequisite for the interoperability of medical devices. Cryptography is the key to implementing trust. Healthcare needs purpose-built cryptography and certificate management, especially for medical devices. By Shannon Lantzy, MedCrypt Vice President of Consulting and Mike Kijewski, MedCrypt CEO. Recent headlines have called for improving the interoperability of…

Since 2017, we’ve released an annual analysis of the changes in the ICS-CERT vulnerability disclosure data, the trends we see, and predictions for the future of medical device cybersecurity. This week we’re showing what we found in the 2021 data: After a sharp rise in vulnerability disclosures caused by FDA’s…

By Shannon Lantzy, MedCrypt Vice President of Consulting Proactive product security can increase the chances of market success, and be done affordably as part of the design phase. Dilemma: How much product security is “enough” in the design phase? When developing a new medical device, it is critical to balance time to market and cybersecurity features. The goal is to find…

By Vidya Murthy Originally published at https://hitconsultant.net on February 24, 2022. Healthcare is a cyber criminal’s dream. It presents the intersection of a data treasure trove, weak security posture, limited resources, complicated supply chain, and patient care delivery. When faced with having to pick a priority to optimize for, healthcare…

By Mike Kijewski. Originally published in DOTmed on January 7, 2022 To be successful in the medical device space, you must be innovative, quick to market, and secure by design — yet, competition is tougher than ever. …

By Axel Wirth, Chief Security Strategist at MedCrypt, Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut, and co-author of “Medical Device Cybersecurity for Engineers and Manufacturers” Over the past few days the cybersecurity world has been rattled by the Log4Shell vulnerability that caused yet another mad scramble to identify whether a…

You Can’t Protect What You Can’t See. On November 4, 2021, MedCrypt hosted a webinar with panelists Kyle Erickson, Senior Director of CRM Product Security at Medtronic, and Seth Carmody, Vice President of Regulatory Strategy at MedCrypt. Read on to gain greater insight into SBOMs, regulatory guidances, pain points, and steps to improve transparency within the security…

Originally published by Dane Hamilton for Mergermarket on October 28, 2021 MedCrypt, which supplies cybersecurity software for medical devices, is planning a capital raise next year that could be between USD 20m to USD 30m, according to CEO and founder Michael Kijewski. San Diego-based MedCrypt was founded in 2016 to…

Originally published by Keri Forsythe-Stephens for 24x7 Magazine on November 18, 2021 The healthcare community has made progress in bringing awareness to medical device cyber-risks, as evidenced by the nearly 400%, year-over-year, increase in vulnerability disclosures since the U.S. FDA post-market guidance in 2016. …