New FDA plan aims to improve patient safety, explore regulatory solutions and advance medical device cybersecurity nationwide. The plan earmarked $70 million of the FDAs requested 2019 budget to create a go-team for device attack investigations. Part of this vulnerability stems from 190,000 different devices produced by 18,000 firms across 21,000 manufacturing facilities regulated by the FDA. The administration is also considering new rules around patching: Devices directly linked to patient safety would require the capacity for ongoing patches and upgrades.”]