EP 17: Hacking Personal Medical Devices

Could a personal medical device be a threat for an organization? Turns out it’s similar to protecting against an attack on a mobile device. Except a denial of service here could prove fatal. Todd Brasel, the author of Security Issues of Personal Medical Devices: Concerns, Characteristics, and Controls, discusses with Error Code the research he’s done on devices either inside the body or just outside, the vulnerabilities in communications they sometimes have, and the mitigations available today.