REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 6, 2024--
Interlynk Inc., which provides Software Bills of Material (SBOM) products and services to medical device manufacturers and independent software vendors, is proud to announce it has been selected by a leading global medical products company to support compliance with FDA mandated cybersecurity requirements.
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Under the arrangement, Interlynk will provide BIOTRONIK with SBOM generation, vulnerability reporting and open-source risk assessment across its products that save and improve the lives of millions suffering from heart and blood vessel diseases as well as chronic pain.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently released new guidelines that underscore the importance of SBOM to ensure that medical devices remain safe from cyber threats. The Interlynk SBOM Platform delivers Software as a Service (SaaS) to help meet these compliance requirements in addition to similar requirements stemming from the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the White House’s Executive Order 14028 on Cybersecurity. The platform also allows clients to evaluate risks associated with third-party software; connects software build pipelines for automated SBOM generation; automates SBOM collection through the software supply chain; and monitor open-source license risks as well as the health of open-source components including risk scores, reputation, maintainability and country of origin.
Interlynk also offers an SBOM Program as a Service to provide guidance in building an SBOM program and a roadmap to deploy SBOM to meet compliance requirements of third-party risk evaluation. Interlynk’s SBOM product and services help medical device manufacturers meet stringent cybersecurity requirements and open-source monitoring, and its product helps independent software vendors secure their software supply chains and meet customer-specific SBOM requirements.
“We are pleased and grateful that BIOTRONIK chose Interlynk to support the implementation of their vigorous cybersecurity processes,” said Ritesh Noronha, Co-Founder and CTO of Interlynk. “We are confident that our SBOM Platform and suite of related services will meet and exceed BIOTRONIK’s cybersecurity and open-source monitoring needs.”
Added Director of Global Product Cybersecurity, Alan Fryer: “BIOTRONIK’s commitment to excellence and high-quality standards is unwavering. Our choice to partner with Interlynk is a testament to this commitment. Interlynk’s robust tools enable us to manage SBOMs effectively and expedite the discovery and management of potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This strategic partnership strengthens our ability to safeguard our products and, most importantly, our patients.”
For more information on Interlynk, its products and services, visit interlynk.io.
ABOUT INTERLYNK INC.
Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., Interlynk Inc. provides SBOM- and VEX-powered platforms that automate and continuously monitor first-party and vendor software supply chains, helping to meet FDA, CRA, GSA, DoD and other compliance obligations. Interlynk is founded by technology leaders – Surendra Pathak and Ritesh Noronha – with proven experience building complex, data-intensive applications and leading teams to significant exits. For more information, please visit us at www.interlynk.io or contact hello@interlynk.io.
ABOUT BIOTRONIK
At BIOTRONIK, patient well-being is our top priority and has been for more than 60 years. BIOTRONIK is a leading global medical technology company with products and services that save and improve the lives of millions suffering from heart and blood vessel diseases as well as chronic pain. Driven by a purpose to perfectly match technology with the human body, we are dedicated innovators who develop trusted cardiovascular, endovascular and neuromodulation solutions. BIOTRONIK is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and is represented in more than 100 countries. For more information, contact BIOTRONIK at https://www.biotronik.com/en-us/contact.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Many questions in last week's Georgia school shooting are still unanswered, including how the suspect brought a semiautomatic assault rifle to the campus of Apalachee High School and what may have motivated the violence.
The shooting Wednesday in Winder, northeast of Atlanta, killed two teachers and two students. Another teacher and eight more students were wounded, with seven of those hit by gunfire.
Colt Gray, 14, is charged as an adult with four counts of murder, and District Attorney Brad Smith has said more charges are likely to be filed against him in connection with the wounded. Authorities have also charged his father, Colin Gray, alleging that he gave his son access to the gun when he knew or should have known that the teen was a danger to himself and others.
In the meantime, relatives are mourning the victims, including teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14.
The 13,000 students at Barrow County's other schools are supposed to return to class Tuesday. Officials have not announced a restart date for the 1,900 students who attend Apalachee.
Superintendent Dallas LeDuff, in a video message Sunday, said sheriff's deputies and state troopers will provide extra security when schools reopen Tuesday, with extra counseling available at all campuses.
Here’s a timeline of what happened on the day of the attack, based on statements by authorities and reporting by The Associated Press and other news media:
8:15 a.m. — First period begins. Officials have not said what class Colt Gray was scheduled for, or if he attended. It's also unclear how Gray got to school that morning or if he was carrying the rifle with him.
9:38 a.m. — First period ends. Students have seven minutes to change to their next class.
9:45 a.m. — Second period begins. Student Lyela Sayarath said she briefly saw Gray in the algebra class where the two sat next to each other. But Gray left the room. Sayarath said she assumed Gray was skipping class, but it's not clear where he may have gone.
9:50 a.m. — Marcee Gray, Colt's mother, calls the high school from 200 miles away in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to warn that her son is having an “extreme emergency,” according to call logs, texts and an interview by Gray's aunt, Annie Brown, with The Washington Post. Brown later confirmed the account to the AP but declined to comment further.
Brown said the mother texted her saying she spoke with a school counselor and urged them to “immediately” find her son to check on him. Call logs show the call lasted until 10 a.m. Relatives of Marcee Gray have told multiple media outlets that she received a text from her son that morning saying he was sorry, without saying what he was apologizing for.
9:45 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. — An administrator comes to the algebra classroom looking for a student with the same last name and a similar first name to Colt Gray, Sayarath said. The other student is in the bathroom, she said, but the administrator takes the other student’s bag. When the other student returns, he tells Sayarath that the administrator was actually seeking Colt Gray. In the meantime, the teacher is called on the intercom, Sayarath said.
About 10:20 a.m. — Colt Gray approaches the door of the algebra classroom. As the intercom buzzes again, the teacher responds, “Oh, he’s here,” seeing Gray outside the classroom door, Sayarath said. When students go to open the door, which automatically locks from the inside when closed, Sayarath said they backed away. She said she saw Colt Gray turn away through the window of the door and then she said she heard 10 or 15 consecutive gunshots. People are shot in the hallway and inside at least one classroom, as others in the halls scramble for safety. According to some students, the three teachers are shot while trying to shield students.
10:23 a.m. — After multiple employees press wireless panic buttons embedded in their employee badges, the school goes into lockdown and a massive law enforcement response begins. Students in other classrooms who hear the gunshots begin texting and calling their parents and others.
10:26 a.m. — The two school resource officers assigned to Apalachee High School approach Gray in the hall, according to GBI Director Chris Hosey. Gray immediately surrenders and is taken into custody.
About 11 a.m. — Law enforcement officers begin searching Colin and Colt Gray's house east of Winder. At the school, officers go from classroom to classroom, first looking for more people with injuries or other shooters. Later, officers evacuate students to the football field as hundreds of parents rush to campus.
About 1 p.m. — The school begins releasing students to parents to take them home.
Students and parents walk off campus at Apalachee High School, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Police vehicles are seen outside Apalachee High School after a shooting there caused an unknown number of injuries and a suspect was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
An ambulance departs Apalachee High School after a shooting at the school, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Police gather outside Apalachee High School after a shooting at the school Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A medical helicopter is seen in front of Apalachee High School after a shooting at the school Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
People embrace at a makeshift memorial after a shooting Wednesday at Apalachee High School, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Linda Carter, of Grayson, Ga., kneels near Apalachee High School to place flowers as she mourns for the slain students and teachers on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
