FDA Section 524B cybersecurity compliance services for cyber devices - SPDF, SBOM, postmarket, and CVD.
If your device meets the 524B(c) cyber device definition, the FDA can refuse to accept your submission without a complete 524B package. Pick a discovery call and we'll return a fixed-fee quote within 24 hours.
Every requirement in Section 524B of the FD&C Act - SPDF under 524B(b)(2), SBOM under 524B(b)(3), and postmarket monitoring + coordinated vulnerability disclosure under 524B(b)(1) - built into an eSTAR-ready premarket package. Aligned to the FDA February 2026 final cybersecurity guidance.
524B(b)(1) postmarket + CVD plan
524B(b)(2) SPDF documentation
524B(b)(3) SBOM with VEX
Cyber device 524B(c) qualification memo
eSTAR-ready cybersecurity sections
Reasonable-assurance evidence package
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FDA submissions supported
250+
Cybersecurity rejections
0
Quote turnaround
24 hrs
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Lifecycle scope
What Section 524B actually requires - and how we deliver it
Premarket to postmarket. One senior team owns every cybersecurity artifact the FDA reviewer will open.
01
Cyber device qualification
We confirm whether your device meets the Section 524B(c) cyber device definition and document the rationale for the FDA reviewer.
02
524B(b)(1) postmarket plan
Vulnerability monitoring sources, severity-based response timelines, CVD policy, patch delivery and rollback - every element reviewers expect.
03
524B(b)(2) SPDF
Secure Product Development Framework integrated into your QMSR (21 CFR 820) and ISO 13485 processes with full traceability.
04
524B(b)(3) SBOM
SPDX or CycloneDX SBOM with NTIA minimum elements (now stewarded by CISA), support-end dates, and a VEX statement for every CVE.
05
Reasonable assurance evidence
Threat model, security risk assessment, architecture views, and test reports that demonstrate reasonable assurance of cybersecurity.
06
eSTAR + 2026 guidance aligned
Every artifact maps directly to the FDA February 2026 final premarket cybersecurity guidance and drops into eSTAR without rework.
Common FDA findings
The 524B compliance gaps we see most often
Every one of these has triggered an acceptance-checklist hold or a cybersecurity deficiency letter under Section 524B since enforcement began.
No 524B(c) qualification rationale
The submission doesn't document why the device is (or isn't) a cyber device. Reviewer flags it as missing on acceptance review.
Postmarket plan missing CVD policy
524B(b)(1) requires a coordinated vulnerability disclosure process. Most submissions ship with monitoring sources but no published CVD policy.
SBOM without VEX
Bare SBOM ships with hundreds of unresolved CVEs. Reviewer requires VEX statements for every applicable CVE in the shipping configuration.
SPDF disconnected from QMSR
Secure Product Development Framework written as a standalone document with no traceability into your 21 CFR 820 / ISO 13485 design controls.
No reasonable assurance argument
Artifacts exist but no narrative ties threat model, controls, and test evidence into a defensible reasonable-assurance conclusion.
Support-end dates missing from SBOM
524B requires a plan for software end-of-support. SBOM ships without component-level support windows - immediate reviewer question.
Blue Goat Cyber vs. the alternatives
What you actually get versus a generalist regulatory consultant or interpreting 524B clause-by-clause yourself.
Capability
Blue Goat Cyber
Generalist regulatory consultant
In-house
Section 524B(b)(1)-(4) coverage
Clause-by-clause evidence package
High-level summary, no clause mapping
Engineers translate statute on the fly
SBOM + VEX in accepted formats
SPDX or CycloneDX, machine-readable
PDF lists, not reviewer-friendly
Manual export, ages between releases
Postmarket plan included
CVD + monitoring program documented
Premarket only, postmarket left open
Often deferred until audit
FDA cyber-rejection rate
Zero across 250+ FDA submissions
Variable, often re-submitted
First-submission risk
Turnaround
Fixed fee, deadline-aware
Hourly, drifts with scope
Competes with engineering work
Section 524B SPDF
The Secure Product Development Framework loop reviewers expect
What happens after you book the call
1Day 0
Mutual NDA + 30-min 524B scoping
We sign a mutual NDA, then walk your device against the 524B(c) cyber device definition and the evidence the FDA reviewer will expect.
2Day 1
Free 30-min discovery call + fixed-fee quote within 24 hours
Point-by-point gap list against 524B(b)(1)-(3) and the FDA February 2026 final guidance, plus a fixed-fee quote covering every deliverable.
3Weeks 2-6
eSTAR-ready 524B package
Cyber device qualification memo, SPDF, SBOM with VEX, postmarket + CVD plan, and the reasonable-assurance narrative - all reviewer-format.
"Blue Goat's niche expertise in FDA-facing cybersecurity made all the difference. Their reports were built with the FDA's expectations in mind-it gave us confidence that we were submitting exactly what reviewers want to see."
- Scott Odland, Solutions Architect, Rhaeos
Cybersecurity deficiency remediation included
If the FDA raises a cybersecurity deficiency, we fix it at no additional cost. 250+ FDA submissions, zero cybersecurity rejections to date.
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. Unlimited revisions. 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 250+ FDA submissions, zero cybersecurity rejections. Author of three books including Medical Device Cybersecurity: An In-Depth Guide.
30 minutes with a senior medical device cybersecurity engineer. Mutual NDA signed before the call. No pitch - we'll tell you straight if you don't need us.