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Managing the Risk for Medical Devices Connected to the Cloud
Managing the Risk for Medical Devices Connected to the Cloud

Managing the Risk for Medical Devices Connected to the Cloud

Release Date: 03/16/2020

With the increased number of Internet of Things devices, Healthcare Delivery Organizations are experiencing a digital transformation bigger than anything in the past. The new breed of connected medical devices brings the promise of improved patient care, better clinical data, improved efficiency, and reduced costs; however, they also bring increased security risks. The goal of this paper is to present the concept of managing medical devices based on their proximity to the patient and introduce practices to secure the use of cloud computing for medical devices.


  • Medical device security lifecycle
    • Pre and post purchase deployment
    • Network
    • Web application interface
    • Wireless communications
    • Secure communications channels
  • Deployment/operations management based on degrees of separation from the patient
  • Decommission/Disposal
  • Recommendations and further reading
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Acknowledgements

Michael Roza
Michael Roza
Head of Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance

Michael Roza

Head of Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance

Since 2012 Michael has contributed to over 100 CSA projects completed by CSA's Internet of Things, Zero Trust/Software-Defined Perimeter, Top Threats, Cloud Control Matrix, Containers/Microservices, DevSecOps, and other working groups. He has also served as co-chair of CSA's Enterprise Architecture, Top Threats, and Security-as-a-Service working groups while also serving as the Standards Liaison Officer for IoT, ICS, EA, SECaaS, and Cloud K...

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Shamun Mahmud
Shamun Mahmud
Senior Research Analyst, CSA

Shamun Mahmud

Senior Research Analyst, CSA

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Vincent Campitelli
Vincent Campitelli

Vincent Campitelli

After retiring from McKesson Corporation in 2016, Vince joined the Office of the President within the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). Serving as an Enterprise Security Specialist, Vince supports the vast membership base of CSA in consuming and leveraging the numerous services, tools and expanding scope of research devoted to Cloud Computing. With his background in both the healthcare and financial service industries, Vince actively works wit...

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