Scot Morrison
Medical Device Security – A Challenge to Overcome

Medical Device Security – A Challenge to Overcome

September 27, 2023
The device security challenge is how to deliver cutting edge therapies without falling prey to cutting-edge cyberattack strategies. Medical devices’...
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Do your industrial devices meet today’s industry standards for safety and security?

Do your industrial devices meet today’s industry standards for safety and security?

August 29, 2023
With today’s industrial Internet of Things enterprise or ecosystem, functional safety is mandatory to ensure that the industrial enterprise meets...
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Using Safety to Improve Reliability in Medical Systems

Using Safety to Improve Reliability in Medical Systems

July 31, 2023
This time, last month, we discussed the safety-driver development process for medical devices; now let’s take a short look at...
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Three pillars of medical device safety development

Three pillars of medical device safety development

June 30, 2023
Establishing the safety and security of medical device software is critical to protect patients. The IEC 62304 standard provides a...
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Device Security: You vs. Future Security Vulnerabilities

Device Security: You vs. Future Security Vulnerabilities

April 26, 2023
If testing and protecting your device from known issues, is equivalent to closing a treasure vault’s door, by that analogy,...
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Building functional safety while minimizing security vulnerabilities

Building functional safety while minimizing security vulnerabilities

March 30, 2023
If you are responsible for the development of a product that includes complex software and connectivity to the Internet, you...
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Safety Software Development Process and IEC 62304 Compliance

Safety Software Development Process and IEC 62304 Compliance

February 10, 2023
While the need, use, or device may be disparate, safety software development has common themes across industries. IEC 62304 does...
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Safety, Security and IEC 62304 Compliance

Safety, Security and IEC 62304 Compliance

January 27, 2023
Before we begin, let’s define and disambiguate safety and security. Safety is about protecting people and equipment when a device...
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Siemens among industry leaders in commercial grade Linux support for RISC-V 

Siemens among industry leaders in commercial grade Linux support for RISC-V 

December 15, 2022
Siemens’ Linux-based SokolTMFlex OS software now supports RISC-V embedded development. Based on the popular, open-source Yocto Project industry standard, SokolTMFlex...
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Quality and Open-Source Software in Medical Devices

Quality and Open-Source Software in Medical Devices

December 1, 2022
Many companies are using Open-Source Software (OSS) such as Linux in devices across every imaginable industry. Linux (and packages that...
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Siemens Embedded free open-source toolchain enables the power and performance of AMD devices

Siemens Embedded free open-source toolchain enables the power and performance of AMD devices

September 30, 2022
With today’s growing demand for applications that require high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), Siemens Embedded Software and Advanced...
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Medical Devices and the FDA, a History of Change

Medical Devices and the FDA, a History of Change

August 26, 2022
As you probably know, devices of all types continue to get more complex, more interconnected, and in the world of...
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Safety Certification of Software Modules – What and Why is it?

Safety Certification of Software Modules – What and Why is it?

July 14, 2022
Standards apply to products, services, and everything in between. Products, processes, services and even people can be certified. According to...
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“Software of unknown provenance (SOUP) – The first course of action”

“Software of unknown provenance (SOUP) – The first course of action”

April 14, 2022
Today’s medical device manufacturers are faced with several challenges: developing innovative devices connected to in-home, hospital, and office networks and...
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Security of Medical Devices – A Changing Regulatory Landscape

Security of Medical Devices – A Changing Regulatory Landscape

March 2, 2022
Over the past two decades, medical devices have been increasingly likely to be connected to the outside world using Wi-Fi,...
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Quality Considerations of Open-Source Software for Medical Devices

Quality Considerations of Open-Source Software for Medical Devices

January 17, 2022
Traditionally, software intended to run on a medical device was expected to be written by companies well versed in writing...
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Nucleus:13 is Proof the System Works

Nucleus:13 is Proof the System Works

November 18, 2021
On November 9, 2021, Forescout announced the discovery of several new security flaws in the Nucleus Networking stack, which they...
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Medical Devices MUST Be Secure

Medical Devices MUST Be Secure

September 24, 2021
 I recently had the opportunity to present in a Webinar focusing on security needs of medical devices along with Patrick...
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Delivering on the Promise of Leading-Edge SoCs – Multicore Solutions Part 1 of 4

Delivering on the Promise of Leading-Edge SoCs – Multicore Solutions Part 1 of 4

May 11, 2021
Silicon vendors are packing more hardware capabilities into today’s SoCs than ever before. These now include multiple CPU clusters in...
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Taking the Baton

Taking the Baton

April 22, 2021
Thank you, Colin Walls, for leading the Embedded Software blog for the past 12 years.   Here are just a few of Colin’s many...
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