How Medcrypt Is Helping Medtech Companies with Cybersecurity

Naomi Schwartz, VP of Regulatory Strategy for Medcrypt, talks the company's offerings to help with cybersecurity.

Naomi Schwartz, VP of Regulatory Strategy for Medcrypt, talks how the organization is able to help medtech firms protect devices in this clip from Let's Talk Medtech .

Here is a transcript of the clip .

Schwartz: The other elements of what we do are some software-as-a-service efforts, and these include software bill of materials and vulnerability analysis tools. One called Helm is really evaluating the software components built into a device and asking: "What risks do these pose? Are they out of date? Are they unpatched? Do they not have the appropriate licensing, so you're probably going to have a legal problem if you bring it to market?"

All of these different issues are things that companies need to be aware of. Awareness leads to protection. Protection leads to a secure, safe, and effective device.

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