TARA for Medical Devices: FDA Premarket Threat Analysis
How Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment (TARA) fits FDA premarket cybersecurity, AAMI TIR57, and ISO 14971 for medical device manufacturers in 2026.
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How Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment (TARA) fits FDA premarket cybersecurity, AAMI TIR57, and ISO 14971 for medical device manufacturers in 2026.
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How to run a design FMEA (dFMEA) for a connected medical device, link it to the ISO 14971 risk file, and hand off cyber-triggered failure modes to the threat model the FDA expects.
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FMEA covers random and systematic failure modes; threat modeling covers adversarial action. Both are required for a §524B submission, and they do not substitute for each other. Here is how to scope them, link them, and avoid the gap.
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What the FDA expects from infusion pump cybersecurity submissions in 2026: threat model focus areas, Section 524B evidence, and the deficiencies that delay clearance.
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What a DFD is, the five DFD elements, and how data flow diagrams feed STRIDE threat modeling and the FDA's Security Architecture Views in a 2026 submission.
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How to design penetration test cases from a medical device threat model, the methodology that bridges STRIDE-style threats and concrete bench test execution, with traceability the FDA expects in Slot 7.
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Brainjacking is the unauthorized control of an implanted neurostimulator. We unpack the attack vectors, clinical consequences, and what manufacturers.
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If you're asking how to conduct a cybersecurity threat model for a connected or implantable medical device, the first thing to understand is that this is.
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STRIDE is the preferred threat modeling baseline for medical device cybersecurity. Compare STRIDE, DREAD, and PASTA and when to use each.\
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The FDA's four Security Architecture Views for medical devices (global system, multi-patient harm, updateability, security use cases) and how they differ from a DFD.
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In this post, we explore the differences and similarities between threat trees and attack trees, specifically in the context of medical device FDA.
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