Every healthcare IoT device from insulin pumps and diagnostic equipment to Remote Patient Monitoring is a potential target for hackers, according to an article on the Forbes website.
Fifty-eight percent of healthcare systems breach attempts involve inside actors, which makes this the leading industry for insider threats today according to Verizon’s 2018 Protected Health Information Data Breach Report (PHIDBR).
Healthcare and medical device manufacturers need to start taking action now to secure these devices during the research and development, design and engineering phases of their next generation of IoT products, the article said.
Every IoT access point must be compatible and scale to support zero trust security if the network of devices is to be be secure.
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