Candidates must demonstrate:

• Leadership by identifying the larger challenges and mapping out a path on how to address them.
• Strategic thinking and leadership among stakeholders in the medical device cybersecurity risk management space, combined with the ability to execute tactically on specific challenges.
• The ability to work across stakeholders and constituencies in government, care delivery, security research, academia, and manufacturers.
• Evidence provided through either:
  a body of work that reflects consistent and substantial contributions in reducing medical device cybersecurity risks, or
  breakthrough accomplishment(s) that substantially improve(s) critical aspects of the industry’s cybersecurity posture, or
  proposed solutions and blazed a way forward that led to reduction of the identified risks.

Candidates should demonstrate:

• The ability to elevate the industry through research, education, publication, practice and/or mentorship
• Evidence of leadership in the development of medical device cybersecurity risk management standards, guidances, and best practices.
• Success within real world constraints and scaling of solutions that are implementable and lead to steady progress.