In this episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab, Mitch Robbins sits down with Dr. Jose Bohorquez, founder and president of CyberMed, to explore why cybersecurity became the thing that stops medical devices at the FDA, and what it takes to build teams who can clear it.
Jose learned to solder in high school at a tiny engineering firm run out of the founder's apartment, interned at Lockheed Martin and GE Healthcare, and went on to earn a PhD at MIT. He explains why mentors with one foot in engineering and one in business pushed him toward starting a company rather than staying purely technical, and how CyberMed grew out of Bold Type, the product development firm he founded a decade ago with a co-founder who had built mission critical systems at Motorola.
The conversation also explores what changed when Congress added Section 524B to the law and the FDA began demanding real evidence, why a device cleared years ago can suddenly come back with more than a dozen deficiencies, the misconceptions that catch founders off guard, and the three separate skill sets a medical device cybersecurity professional has to bring.
Whether you build devices, lead engineering teams, or hire technical talent, this episode offers practical insights on when to bring cybersecurity into the design process, what can be taught and what has to be hired for, and the four ways AI is reshaping the risk picture.
In this episode, you'll learn:
What Section 524B changed, and why the FDA bar rose sharply after 2023
Why a device cleared years ago can come back with a dozen deficiencies
The misconception that no Bluetooth or WiFi means no cybersecurity work
Why strong engineers are not automatically good at device cybersecurity
The three skill sets that have to converge, and which one is easiest to teach
When to bring cybersecurity into the design process, and what waiting costs
Four ways AI is changing the threat picture for connected devices
Why AI-assisted code can look solid and still be a house of cards
The interview technique Jose uses to find how deep someone's knowledge goes
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