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UK medical device cybersecurity: where the rules stand (and don't)

The UK Medical Devices Regulations 2002 contain no explicit cybersecurity requirements. The word doesn't appear once. Yet new postmarket surveillance rules now require reporting security incidents within 15 days and treating security patches as Field Safety Corrective Actions. Where UK medical device cybersecurity stands in 2026, and where it doesn't.

Alan ParkinsonAlan Parkinson

What is an SBOM? Think food labels, but for software

An SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) is essentially an ingredients list for software. Just like checking food labels for allergens, an SBOM lets you scan for known cybersecurity vulnerabilities in your product's third-party components.