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Medical Devices in A Zero Trust Architecture
Medical Devices in A Zero Trust Architecture

Medical Devices in A Zero Trust Architecture

Release Date: 05/08/2023

Working Group: Health Information Management

Today’s medical devices often connect to the cloud, which increases the risk by expanding the attack surface. This presents the Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) with threats and vulnerabilities, technology issues, software risks, and human factors. As a result, security architects are forced to re-examine the concept of identity. Essentially, every connected medical device has an identity and must be under consideration within the Zero Trust Framework. 
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Acknowledgements

Dr. Jim Angle
Dr. Jim Angle

Dr. Jim Angle

Jim has dedicated hundreds of hours to CSA and was instrumental in reviving CSA’s Health Information Management working group. In doing so, he drafted the group’s first charter and went on to become its co-chair. In this role, he authored three papers — Managing the Risk for Medical Devices Connected to the Cloud, Telehealth in the ...

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Michael Roza
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Michael Roza

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Since 2012, Michael Roza has been a pivotal member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) family. He has contributed to over 140 projects, as a Lead Author or Author/Contributor and many more as a Reviewer/Editor.

Michael's extensive contributions encompass critical areas including Artificial Intelligence, Zero Trust/Software Defined Perimeter, Internet of Things, Top Threats, Cloud Control Matrix, DevSecOps, and Key Management. His lea...

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