It seems that, in the medical device industry, security is always second (or third or fourth) to marketing.

There's no reason for it to compete for resources. It takes little to make a device secure.

The first thing it takes is for manufacturers to care about security. In the rush to market, too often security is an afterthought (or "aftercrack").

Even a partial closed-loop system is a game changer. It prevented a low on my kid's first day with it. On the other hand, she and I opted to wait more than a year before going to the partial, closed-loop system because of the security risk. She wanted to be the one to be the one that stopped insulin delivery. She even prefers that I wake her to correct rather than do a correction while she is asleep (which I completely respect). That said, teenagers kind of don't care about co-morbidities that will occur in their thirties because of their current behavior. And so I am waiting for Tandem's full closed-loop system to meet FDA approval. This stuff is not being rushed to market. Even the partial closed-loop system was "six months" to market for three or four years. Obviously, it's not going to be perfect and there will be security issues. I am willing to risk them so my kid can still see when she's 30.