The FDA February 2026 final guidance is now the bar reviewers apply. Submissions still built to the prior guidance are drawing first-cycle deficiency letters.
A senior US-based team owns the whole cybersecurity side of your FDA submission. Everything is built to Section 524B and the FDA February 2026 final premarket guidance.
Premarket to postmarket. One senior team owns every cybersecurity artifact the FDA reviewer will open.
01
Premarket submissions
510(k), De Novo, and PMA cybersecurity sections delivered eSTAR-ready and mapped to Section 524B(b)(1) through (3).
02
Penetration testing
Device, cloud, mobile, and wireless attack surfaces tested by senior engineers. Findings mapped to your threat model with remediation tracking.
03
Threat modeling
End-to-end STRIDE threat model with multi-patient harm, updateability, and use-environment views. Aligned to ANSI/AAMI SW96, with AAMI TIR57 as the implementation guide.
04
SBOM + VEX
Machine-readable SPDX or CycloneDX SBOM with NTIA minimum elements (now stewarded by CISA), support-end dates, and a VEX statement for every CVE in your shipping configuration.
05
Postmarket + CVD
Vulnerability monitoring sources, severity-based response timelines, coordinated vulnerability disclosure policy, and patch delivery aligned to 524B(b)(1).
06
Deficiency response
Hold letters, refuse-to-accept, and AI cybersecurity deficiency letters. Point-by-point reviewer-ready responses in days, not weeks.
Blue Goat Cyber vs. the alternatives
What you actually get versus a horizontal cyber firm or building a medical device cyber program in-house.
Capability
Blue Goat Cyber
Horizontal cyber firm
In-house
Medical device cyber specialization
Medical devices only, premarket + postmarket
Enterprise IT shop adapting to devices
Hard to hire device-specific skills
Standards coverage
FDA + ANSI/AAMI SW96 + IEC 81001-5-1 + TIR57 + TIR97 + ISO 14971
Generic NIST/ISO 27001
Built clause-by-clause
Threat model + SBOM + VEX + pen test
One integrated team, all four
Pen test only, no submission artifacts
Multiple owners, integration gaps
Submission track record
275+ devices supported
Limited or no FDA experience
First-submission risk
Pricing model
Fixed-fee program, predictable
Hourly retainers + change orders
Unbudgeted FTE time
What happens after you book the call
1Day 0
Mutual NDA signed, then a 30-minute call with a senior engineer
We sign a mutual NDA, then a senior medical device cybersecurity engineer walks your device, submission stage, and the cybersecurity evidence the FDA reviewer will expect.
2Day 1
Point-by-point gap list + fixed-fee quote
Point-by-point gap list against Section 524B and the FDA February 2026 final guidance, each gap mapped to the artifact that closes it, with a fixed-fee quote covering every deliverable.
3Weeks 2-8
eSTAR-ready cybersecurity package
Secure Product Development Framework (SPDF), SBOM with VEX, threat model, pen test, postmarket plan, and cybersecurity labeling. Delivered reviewer-format with revisions included.
"Blue Goat Cyber helped us navigate our first end-to-end cybersecurity testing for our wearable medical device. Their communication was excellent, their timeline exceeded expectations, and their report helped us achieve FDA clearance without any additional questions. It was a truly seamless experience."
- Anna Norman, VP of Product, InfoBionic.Ai
Cybersecurity deficiency remediation included
If the FDA raises a cybersecurity deficiency, we fix it at no additional cost. 275+ devices supported.
Mutual NDA before the call
We sign a mutual NDA before the initial call so you can share device details, architecture, and FDA correspondence freely.
Fixed-fee quote within 24 hours of the call
No sales pressure. After the call, you get a concrete written strategy mapped to Section 524B and the FDA February 2026 final guidance.
Senior US engineers, fixed fee
Senior-led delivery on every FDA-facing artifact. No offshoring, no hourly billing. Revisions included. Every artifact is eSTAR-ready.
Common questions
Who you're talking to
Christian Espinosa, Founder & CEO
MBA, CISSP · U.S. Air Force Academy graduate · 30+ years in cybersecurity
Christian leads the senior medical device cybersecurity team behind 275+ devices supported. Author of three books including Medical Device Cybersecurity: An In-Depth Guide.