# Trusted Neural Baseline **Entity class:** Recovery-state concept ## Definition A **trusted neural baseline** is an authorized and clinically defensible reference state used to evaluate whether a neural interface and its biological endpoint have remained within acceptable operating bounds or have returned to them after malfunction or attack. It is not necessarily a single frozen pattern. It can be a versioned range of device configurations, physiological responses, patient-specific parameters, model states, and safety constraints whose provenance is known. ## Relationships - **incident response:** [[wiki/Neural Incident Response|Neural Incident Response]]. - **recovery:** [[wiki/Verified Neural Restoration|Verified Neural Restoration]]. - **estimation:** [[wiki/Human-Machine State Estimation|Human-Machine State Estimation]]. - **integrity:** [[wiki/Neural Integrity|Neural Integrity]]. ## Sources / Provenance - U.S. Food and Drug Administration, [Cybersecurity in Medical Devices FAQ](https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/digital-health-center-excellence/cybersecurity-medical-devices-frequently-asked-questions-faqs), lifecycle patching and remediation requirements, accessed 2026-09-23. - Xinyu Jiang et al., [“Cybersecurity in neural interfaces”](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37883851/), 2023. **As of:** 2026-09-23