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The FDA released a Draft of the new Cybersecurity Guidance document back in April and there was speculation that this draft was going to become active (an actual regulation) by the end of the year. I wonder if this news is going to speed that up in any way.

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The new draft literally doesn't change anything. It just defines some of the things that FDA has been already asking for in the past 7 years for every device submission.

Just my opinion as someone who has worked on many infusion pumps; that FDA review division is the best at FDA. They probably ask more cybersecurity questions than any other group I've encountered.

I review a minimum of 5x - 510ks a week.

> They probably ask more cybersecurity questions than any other group

And therein lies the problem. Ask lots of questions on paper, and you get something that is very secure on paper.

But if you want something actually secure, you need to do pentests, have a substantial bounty program, have the design+code inspected by security reviewers, etc.

That FDA review division does require that information and testing to be supplied with infusion pump testing. In fact, they are one of the few that routinely asks for substantial testing in repeated deficiency requests.

FDA is probably more concerned about getting it right[1], than faster.

[1] this is not a comment on how likely that is

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https://www.fda.gov/media/119933/download

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