Security News > 2021 > April > Connected medical devices brought security loopholes mainstream

Connected medical devices are proving essential amidst today's new normal, but their mainstream adoption has also brought security loopholes to the fore.

From wearable IoT devices like smartwatches that provide a patient's heart rate and blood oxygen level, to personal medical devices like hearing aids that can be calibrated remotely, these devices have proven vital for both patients and healthcare providers.

The integration of IoT devices with smart sensors and algorithms in the medical field, connected to an application via the cloud and other connected devices, have been very helpful in contact tracing.

Personal medical care and health data interoperability were already major hot topics in medicine before the pandemic, and now they are only growing with the expansion of medical connected devices.

The dark side of medical IoT. The benefits of the mainstream adoption of medical devices are very much clouded by cybersecurity dangers.

Most cheap medical devices are prone to the same issues as other cheap connected devices, namely poor security standards and limited or no encryption.

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