Connected medical devices are not as safe as they seem

Cara Livernois | | Health Exec | Cybersecurity

Connected devices, meant to improve patient outcomes, are able to be turned against those they were meant to help, all thanks to hackers. Now, the healthcare system is struggling to keep such devices safe.

The most recent hacking incident meant 114,000 patients affected by a security breach in Johnson & Johnson’s Animas One Touch Ping insulin pump. Infected devices are a potentially deadly danger to users.

“[The internet of things (IOT)] is the new frontier of attack where we’re going to start seeing a rapid increase in these attacks,” said ForeScout chief strategy officer Pedro Abreu. “Healthcare organizations have been very focused on protecting traditional IT, spending millions of dollars to secure its systems. But it leaves an open door with IOT devices—although it’s meant to be a secure system.”

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Connected Medical Devices Cause Cybersecurity Blues

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Cara Livernois, News Writer

Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.

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