Jessica Wilkerson
Senior Cyber Policy Advisor, All Hazards Readiness, Response, and Cybersecurity, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration
Jessica Wilkerson is senior cyber policy advisor with the All Hazards Readiness, Response, and Cybersecurity (ARC) team in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health within the Food and Drug Administration. As part of ARC, she examines issues and develops policy related to the safety and effectiveness of connected medical devices. Previously, she was cybersecurity research director for the Linux Foundation. Regan spent over five years as a congressional staffer with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, covering cybersecurity issues in the telecommunications, commercial, energy, and health sectors. As part of that work, she studied issues related to coordinated vulnerability disclosure, software supply-chain transparency, legacy technology risks, and cybersecurity governance models, among others.
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A cyberattack can disrupt a hospital’s oxygen supply, disable cancer-fighting radiation therapy, divert emergency vehicles, and force surgeries to be canceled. While data secu...