Launch of the Guidance for Medical Device Cybersecurity

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GDHP’s Cyber
Security Focus

The cyber security Work Stream focuses on strategies that can strengthen the processes and practices designed to protect healthcare related devices, systems, and networks, as well as the data within them, from security risks and cyber-attacks.

 

 

 

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Guidance for Medical Device Cybersecurity

Medical devices are increasingly a target for cyberattacks. In addressing this urgent global threat, GDHP collaborated with Singapore agency Synapxe to develop the GDHP Guidance for Medical Device Cybersecurity (GMDC).

Based on international regulatory requirements and standards, and leveraging Singapore’s existing cybersecurity framework, the Guidance for Medical Device Cybersecurity is an openly available, sound practice resource for medical device developers and manufacturers and healthcare purchasers to uplift cybersecurity practices through secure deployment and usage of medical devices.

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Tools and Publications

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Guidance for Medical Device Cybersecurity

October 3, 2024. Medical devices, including patient monitors and imaging systems, are increasingly a target for cyberattacks. Attackers exploit vulnerabilities to access sensitive patient data and disrupt critical healthcare services.

Cyber Security: Foundational Capabilities

July 20, 2020. This white paper presents a common framework from which to assess foundational cyber capabilities: the Foundational Capabilities Framework (FCF) which has been applied to around a half of the GDHP participant countries. The FCF builds on, and represents the next level of detail of, the Strategic Framework which was articulated...

Securing Digital Health

April 2, 2019. This white paper provides insight into common challenges, risk vectors, and cross-system weaknesses as well as providing a framework for managing and mitigating these concerns in a sustainable and achievable manner with example approaches from a number of participating countries.

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Global Digital Health Security Notice

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