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Medical device makers wake up to cyber security threat
This article talks about the following: Medical Industry is one of the most crucial and vulnerable industries to security threats and the results of which can be devastating on the lives of so many people. In the wake of this, many companies like Johnson & Johnson and Philips have started focusing efforts to learn about new hacking practices in the wake of security threats issued by hackers on medical equipment. The US Food and Drug Administration has also issued warning to such companies to step up their security measures. Medical Device makers are working with white hat hackers to know security flaws in their devices.
It will be interesting to see how things unfold in the future. Medical Industry, especially, Hospitals and Medical centres use legacy medical devices and systems for patient use. How will companies replace those existing devices without compromising on the treatment of the patient? At what cost will companies or industries that are using billion dollar machines have to replace with new ones? Will these companies have the best practices to prevent future threats or will they keep replacing devices? These are questions that require immediate attention
Younes Khantouri says
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I do believe that these companies that manufacture Medical Devices should work on the security part in parallel with developing new once to help people lives. I am saying this for the following reasons:
– Security has to be guaranteed when you integrate software to these devices, especially that most of them are connected tirelessly and can be easily reached.
-These devises can put so many people lives under risk especially some of them controls some important organs such as Cardiac Devices that manage the heart beats of the heart.