Product cybersecurity offers an opportunity to further optimize the value-price-cost equation to achieving margin accretive growth.

Medi Tech Safe has developed a proprietary solution to help healthcare providers manage their cybersecurity, medical devices and clinical networks related risks considering both IT and Operations Technology (OT) needs. If you are a healthcare provider (or a biomed services provider) interested in learning more about Medi Tech Safe’s solution, you could reach us at info@meditechsafe.com.

Digital innovations using connectivity and technologies like blockchain as well as artificial intelligence (AI) offer promises to transform healthcare. Some claim that these technologies are trending towards the peak of the Gartner’s hype curve, if not already there. In fact, about $2.7B worth of venture investment has gone into AI in healthcare over last 6 years according to Rock Health – just over 10% of all venture dollars invested in digital health during that period. On

Security researchers have recently uncovered vulnerabilities in potentially all modern processors, affecting nearly all computing devices and operating systems, known by two names, Meltdown and Spectre. The processors are found in everything from personal computers to medical devices . While there are no known exploits yet, the risk still remains until mitigated by appropriate fixes. In case of medical devices, the risk also depends on the type of device i.e. life supporting

At MediTechSafe, we are focused on building a robust operating solution for managing security of the medical devices. As described in a recently published MediTechSafe whitepaper , this needs a holistic approach. While operationalizing the changes required to secure the devices is a very important preventive approach, knowing where the sources of vulnerabilities is just as important to bring visibility into the enterprise risk status and prioritizing the efforts to remediat

Here is a paragraph from a recent article, “ Fears of hackers targeting US hospitals, medical devices for cyber-attacks ”: “The popular TV show “Homeland” included a scene where the president’s pacemaker was hacked, and [cybersecurity] researchers say that threat is very real . So much so, that former Vice President Dick Cheney revealed on CBS's "60 Minutes" in 2013 that he had the wireless capability on his pacemaker turned off. ” In today’s environment where hospitals fa

Cyber attacks and data breaches in healthcare are on the rise. Security researchers have been warning about the need to secure medical devices and the impact of insecure devices on patient lives. The recent proliferations of ransomware like 'WannaCry' and 'Petya' further emphasizes the need to have a robust security policy for the most critical of the assets in a healthcare delivery organization. A recent research study published in May 2017 by Ponemon Institute* sponsored