Chris Gates: Protecting Lives with Medical Device Cybersecurity (Part 1 of 2)

Part 1 of 2.

In this thought-provoking interview, one of the world's leading medical device cybersecurity experts shares his hopes and concerns for the medical device industry and reveals the personal reasons behind why he chose this challenging -- and fascinating -- profession.

During the past 40+ years, Chris Gates – Director of Product Security at Velentium, has built a huge legacy as a product security expert for embedded systems, especially medical devices. He has helped dozens of leading medical device manufacturers create their product security practice, and greatly contributed to the working groups designing the security frameworks used by the entire industry, such as SBOMs.