The U.S. Senate may soon consider legislation that would review medical devices from China for potential cybersecurity risks.
According to an article posted earlier this month on the Industrial Cyber website, Senator Tom Cotton (a Republican from Arkansas) has proposed a bill that would restrict the future procurement of medical devices produced by companies linked to the Chinese government.
The bill, titled “The Countering Chinese Cyberthreats for Patients (Countering CCP) Act,” would also require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to evaluate legacy China-made networked medical devices for potential cybersecurity risks and to recall those devices found to pose a risk to American patients.
