What can the medical technology (medtech) industry learn from the banking and aerospace industries to strengthen device defenses? A software engineering expert and medical device developer recently shared his insights during an interview with the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), revealing how to prepare for standards that demand robust security.

Expert David Nelson, who is also a faculty member at AAMI, explained why it’s a good idea for medtech professionals to take note on how banking has paved the way for stronger cybersecurity.

“The medical device space isn’t as attractive to hackers,” Nelson explained. “Sure, you can gain control of one person’s device or maybe impact a set of devices, but the impact is lower. Now, consider banking, which is naturally going to have more problems. But with more problems comes more layers of control, and you get a lot of the techniques that are used across different industries.” And because the medical device industry “tends to have a slower development cycle, it can leverage some of these techniques that other commodities use – commodities like banking, where there are a lot of folks trying to hack them all the time,” he said.

Access the full interview via AAMI’s news article.