US FDA-Sponsored Cybersecurity Threat Modeling Playbook Tries To Make It Simple

30 Nov 2021

The MITRE corporation and MDIC have produced a manual on how to use cybersecurity threat modeling to make safer medical devices. The document asks four basic questions and provides helpful examples.

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Threat modeling is a good way to assess cybersecurity of connected medical devices, according to a playbook sponsored by the US Food and Drug Administration asking four simple questions that sponsors should think about when developing their products.

The FDA announced the availability of the “Playbook for Threat Modeling Medical Devices,” which was put together by the MITRE...