Interconnected Medical Devices and their Security Aspects

Abstract

With the rapid growth of interconnected technologies in the recent time, the world is going under a huge change. Medical and healthcare sectors are also influenced by the advancement in connected technologies. Internet of Things (IoT) in medical device has played a key role in increasing the facilities which can be provided by the healthcare sector. As the healthcare sector is getting digitalized and millions of interconnected devices would communicate important information, it increases the risk factor and new privacy and security issues would arise. This paper focuses on how secure communication between the devices can be achieved and how a weak link in the chain can turn into disaster. It would also look on the research directions which can be done to strengthen the system.