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    Cross-jurisdiction and cross-format reference tables. Useful for technical-file mapping and tool selection.

    FDA Section 524B vs EU MDR cybersecurity

    What overlaps, what doesn't

    FDA only
    • Statutory SBOM (524B)
    • PCCP
    • eSTAR submission
    • Refuse-to-Accept policy
    Both
    • Threat model
    • CVD policy
    • Pentest evidence
    • Postmarket monitoring
    • Risk mgmt (ISO 14971)
    EU MDR only
    • Notified Body review
    • IEC 81001-5-1 hard tie
    • Annex I §17.2
    • PMS plan integration

    FDA (Section 524B) vs EU MDR cybersecurity

    Both regimes require evidence of secure development and postmarket vigilance, but the statutory authority, format, and review style differ. Use this as a mapping for a single global technical file.

    Requirement FDA (US) EU MDR
    Statutory cybersecurity authority Section 524B FD&C Act (2023) Annex I §17.2 + MDCG 2019-16 Rev.2
    SBOM required in submission Required Expected, not statutory
    Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) policy Yes Yes
    Threat model in technical file Yes Yes
    Penetration testing evidence Independent recommended Expected by NB
    Postmarket vulnerability monitoring plan Yes Tied to PMS plan
    VEX pairing with SBOM Strongly encouraged Partial
    Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) Yes No equivalent
    Reference standards AAMI TIR57, AAMI SW96, IEC 81001-5-1 IEC 81001-5-1, IEC 62304, ISO 14971

    SBOM formats: SPDX vs CycloneDX

    Both are accepted by FDA. The choice usually comes down to whether your priority is license compliance and standardization (SPDX) or security tooling and VEX/CBOM extensibility (CycloneDX).

    Dimension SPDX CycloneDX
    Steward Linux Foundation OWASP
    ISO standardized ISO/IEC 5962:2021 No
    License focus Strong Partial
    Vulnerability / VEX integration Partial Native VEX & VDR
    Cryptographic BOM (CBOM) No Yes
    Hardware / SaaS BOM Partial Yes
    Common formats tag-value, JSON, YAML, RDF JSON, XML, Protobuf
    FDA accepts in submission Yes Yes
    Looking for the underlying terms? See the glossary for SBOM, VEX, CBOM, MDCG, PCCP and more.