Security and Interoperable-Medical-Device Systems, Part 1

  • Authors:
  • Krishna K. Venkatasubramanian;Eugene Y. Vasserman;Oleg Sokolsky;Insup Lee

  • Affiliations:
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute;Kansas State University;University of Pennsylvania;University of Pennsylvania

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Security and Privacy
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Interoperable medical devices (IMDs) face threats due to the increased attack surface presented by interoperability and the corresponding infrastructure. Introducing networking and coordination functionalities fundamentally alters medical systems' security properties. Understanding the threats is an important first step in eventually designing security solutions for such systems. Part 1 of this two-part article provides an overview of the IMD environment and the attacks that can be mounted on it.