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by Chris Gates | 01.02.2020 | 8 min

Vulnerability Scoring - Likelihood in Other Rubrics

Welcome back to our series on scoring vulnerabilities in medical device designs! Now that we’ve observed the evolution of CVSS to become a rubric more suitable for evaluating MIS/IT systems in live pr...

by Chris Gates | 12.30.2019 | 5 min

Vulnerability Scoring: Comparing CVSS V2 & V3 for Medical Devices Pt.2

Welcome back to our series on scoring vulnerabilities in medical device designs! In this post, we’re going to summarize the final four of nine key differences in CVSS Version 3 compared to Version 2 a...

by Chris Gates | 12.19.2019 | 4 min

Vulnerability Scoring: Comparing CVSS V2 & V3 for Medical Devices Pt.1

Welcome back to our series on scoring vulnerabilities in medical device designs! In this post, we’re going to summarize the first five of nine key differences in CVSS Version 3 compared to Version 2 a...

by Chris Gates | 12.16.2019 | 3 min

Vulnerability Scoring: Introduction to CVSS

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is defined by FIRST’s CVSS Special Interest Group. FIRST is the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams; as indicated in their name, this group is ...

by Chris Gates | 12.12.2019 | 3 min

Vulnerability Scoring: Introduction to Vulnerability Scoring

During the early phases of medical device development, an assessment is performed to discover any potential vulnerabilities represented in the proposed device design. These potential vulnerabilities a...

by Chris Gates | 10.10.2019 | 7 min

5 Updates Pending to the FDA's Cybersecurity for Premarket Submissions

On October 18th, 2018, the FDA released a draft guidance named “Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices”. Even though most of the activities and deliverable...