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The code guardian
How Terézia Mézešová makes life difficult for hackers.
Terézia Mézešová loves to find and fix weaknesses in the system. To do this, she works with the very source code of medical technology products. The cybersecurity expert and her team ensure that Siemens Healthineers products are as cybersecure as possible from the very first idea. Her work helps patients and contributes to their protection and safe treatment.
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What is code hardening?
Finding bugs and hardening code
Use in-house expertise
Striking a balance between safety and functionality
Develop specialized knowledge
Checklists against hackers
What is an SQL injection?
"The biggest danger is that hackers can execute any command they want. We can prevent this with simple means or at least greatly mitigate the consequences – right from the design phase of our products."
Terézia Mézešová, cybersecurity expert and manager at Siemens Healthineers, Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Košice, Slovakia
And how does Mézešová know if she has done her job well?
Cybersecurity at Siemens Healthineers
We take a holistic approach to cybersecurity: Guided by a central set of security requirements and product-specific threat and risk analyses, we develop our equipment according to internationally accepted standards and procedures.
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Nina Terp is an science journalist based in Germany. She is captivated by people and technology working for the greater good.