How Hospitals Can Help Improve Medical Device Data Security

This commentary highlights the shared responsibility model for securing medical devices and patient data, urging collaboration between hospitals and manufacturers. It underscores FDA-aligned security-by-design, the use of artifacts like MDS2 and SBOMs, and adherence to manufacturer hardening guides. The piece advises hospitals to implement and maintain controls such as access restrictions, network segmentation, trusted certificates, and up-to-date configurations, and to regularly review product documentation to ensure security features remain effective.