FDA’s top cybersecurity officials discuss heightened threats, technology modernization

In a nondescript building in North Bethesda, MD, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) houses a cybersecurity control center responsible for protecting its digital assets. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency said it has seen a sharp uptick in cyber threats, which it said have  been successfully thwarted in part due to its recent modernization efforts.