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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NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs was arrested late Monday in New York, where he faces a sealed criminal indictment, prosecutors announced late Monday.
Details of the charges weren't immediately announced by prosecutors, but the hip-hop mogul has faced a stream of allegations by women in recent months who accused him of sexual assault.
The U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Damian Williams, said in a statement that federal agents arrested Combs. “We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time.”
Combs' lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, issued a statement saying: “We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”
He added that Combs had gone to New York last week in anticipation of the charges being brought.
“He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal,” Agnifilo said.
Combs was arrested in a Manhattan hotel lobby and is in federal custody, said a person familiar with the arrest who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
The criminal charges are a major but not unexpected takedown of one of the most prominent producers and most famous names in the history of hip-hop.
The federal investigation of the 58-year-old Combs was revealed when Homeland Security Investigations agents served simultaneous search warrants and raided Combs' mansions in Los Angeles and Miami on March 25.
His defense attorney Aaron Dyer the day after the raids called them “a gross use of military-level force,” said the allegations were “meritless,” and said Combs was “innocent and will continue to fight" to clear his name.
Combs, then known as Puff Daddy, was at the center of the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop battles of the 1990s as the partner and producer of the Notorious B.I.G., who was shot and killed in 1997. But like many of those who survived the era, his public image had softened with age into a genteel host of parties in Hollywood and the Hamptons, a fashion-forward businessman, and a doting father who spoiled his kids, some of whom lost their mother in 2018.
But a different image began emerging in November, when his former protege and girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, became the first of several people to sue him for sexual abuse with stories of a steady stream of sex workers in drug-fueled settings where some of those involved were coerced or cajoled into sex.
In her November lawsuit, Cassie alleged years of abuse, including beatings and rape. Her suit also alleged Combs engaged in sex trafficking by “requiring her to engage in forced sexual acts in multiple jurisdictions” and by engaging in “harboring and transportation of Plaintiff for purposes of sex induced by force, fraud, or coercion.”
It also said he compelled her to help him traffic male sex workers Combs would force Cassie to have sex with while he filmed.
The suit was settled settled the following day, but its reverberations would last far longer. Combs lost lingering allies, supporters and those reserving judgment when CNN in May aired a leaked video of him punching Cassie, kicking her and throwing her on the floor in a hotel hallway.
The following day, in his first real acknowledgement of wrongdoing since the stream of allegations began, Combs posted a social media video apologizing, saying “I was disgusted when I did it” and “I’m disgusted now.” Cassie’s lawsuit was followed by at least a half-dozen others in the ensuing months.
In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them.
Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said the rap producer raped her two decades ago when she was 17.
Another woman who filed a lawsuit, April Lampos, said she was a college student in 1994 when she met Combs and a series of “terrifying sexual encounters” with Combs and those around him began that lasted for years.
Combs and his attorneys denied nearly all of the lawsuits’ allegations.
While authorities did not publicly say that the lawsuits set off the criminal investigation, Dyer said when the warrants were served that the case was based on “meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”
The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly as Cassie and Lampros did.
As the founder of Bad Boy Records, Combs became one of the most influential hip-hop producers and executives of the past three decades Along with the Notorious B.I.G. he worked with a slew of top-tier artists including Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Faith Evans and 112.
Combs’ roles in his businesses beyond music — including lucrative private-label spirits, a media company and the Sean John Fashion line — took major hits when the allegations arose.
The consequences were even greater when the leaked beating video emerged. Howard University cut ties with him, and he returned his key to the city of New York at the request of the mayor.
Dalton reported from Los Angeles.
FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
