Up Close and Personal: Cybersecurity in Medical IoT Devices

Stefano Zanero1, Eric Evenchick2

  • 1Politecnico di Milano
  • 2LinkLayer Labs

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08:45 - 09:00 | Wed 17 Aug | Pacific | WeAT22.4

Session: Cyber-Security, IoT, Wearables and the Quantified Self (QS)

Abstract

The growing field of cybersecurity encompasses a wide range of challenges, but we argue that none is more pressing and timely than the rising issue of securing devices in the so-called Internet of Things. In particular, we review the challenges in securing IoT devices designed to interact in a highly intimate and personal relationship with the human body, e.g. medical devices. Their unique features, conjoined to a very high potential impact of any security issue, pose specific challenges and require novel approaches and research efforts to be solved.