New IEEE Standard for Securing Biomedical Devices and Data

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New IEEE Standard for Securing Biomedical Devices and Data

If you have an implanted medical device, have been hooked up to a machine in a hospital, or have accessed your electronic medical records, you might assume the infrastructure and data are secure and protected against hackers. That isn’t necessarily the case, though. Connected medical devices and systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks, which could reveal sensitive data, delay critical care, and physically harm patients.The U.S. Food and Drug Admi…