Dr. Mike Rushanan is the Chief Scientist at Harbor Labs. Dr. Rushanan has been on the front line of the medical device security industry since its inception, serving as the lead engineer on the FDA’s first ever cybersecurity alert in 2015. His extensive experience with all facets of medical cybersecurity, including regulatory policy, clinical technologies, healthcare IT, cryptography, and secure system design is reflected in the countless thousands of fielded medical systems certified through his reviews.
Dr. Rushanan is renowned for his work in diabetes care cybersecurity. He has worked with most major providers and a broad set of diabetes care technologies, including insulin pumps, CGMs, closed loop systems, and diabetes management software. Dr. Rushanan also specializes in cardiac care systems, surgical robotics, next-gen sequencing systems, and drug infusion systems.
Dr. Rushanan teaches the course Security and Privacy in Computing, and is the course designer and instructor of Medical Device Security at Johns Hopkins University.
His Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University is in the area of Computer System and Network Security.