People often ask why someone would want to hack into a medical device. The first question, however, should be why Healthcare is the most hacked vertical of all. Experts say that it is easier to penetrate a healthcare organization because of the inherent complexity. But more importantly, the value of health records in the black market is very high. According to a recent article published on CNBC, a health record could fetch up to $1,000, which is almost 40 times the highest v

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

The aftermath of WannaCry ransomware attacks have left many healthcare CIOs, CISOs and medical device manufacturers more concerned about device security than ever. The healthcare community, however, has been aware of potential cybersecurity related vulnerabilities and threats to their medical devices for sometime now. In fact, many publications, experiments and actual events have tried to surface these risks: In 2011 , a security expert hacked into an insulin pump at the Blac