Medical Device Security: Hacking Intelligent Medical Devices to Enhance Your Organization's Benefits
Adversarial testing is important to ensure the safety of patients, the confidence of regulators, and to continue with a technology that is moving healthcare forward. The market for intelligent medical devices is smoldering. The number of devices approved by the FDA increased 25% from 2019 to 2020.1 Venture investments in new device development has grown an astounding 46% YoY to $12.5B as of May 2021.2 And the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) market, which accounts for just a portion of all smart medical devices, is projected to grow from $24.4B in 2019 to $285.5B in 2029.3 There are several reasons for this growth: · IoT technology (including the increased computing power now available in small form factors and the increased network bandwidth that's becoming more readily available in healthcare facilities) has matured to the point that, given the proper development cycle, smart devices can now be trusted for use on the innard...