Cybersecurity in Internet of Medical Things. Risks and Challenges.
Vosikas, Ioannis (2021)
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202102102126
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202102102126
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Earlier studies have found that cybersecurity in IoMT is still in the learning process for healthcare organizations. The participants seemed not to understand what their organization's management has been doing to contain the situation that increases challenges and threats on IoMT. On the other hand, the study has established that IoMT has significant contributions to healthcare organizations, especially in improving healthcare delivery.
In the case of COVID-19, it was mentioned that IoMT had fastened the process of contact tracing, coordination of treatment, and monitoring of the patients. As for the significant risks and challenges, both qualitative findings mentioned about external and internal factors. For instance, ransomware attacks, regular uncertainties, lack of standardization, malware altering medical data, the battery draining attacks, loss of private medical information, lack of training and personnel competence illustrate the most common security risks.
On this basis, it was affirmed that there is a need to have an IoMT balanced scorecard to ensure that healthcare organizations have adequate resources to promote a sustainable cybersecurity regime for IoMT processes. Other than that, the study has recommended that it will be mandatory for healthcare organizations to fully disclose their investment and efforts around cybersecurity of IoMT for the healthcare public service benefit.
In the case of COVID-19, it was mentioned that IoMT had fastened the process of contact tracing, coordination of treatment, and monitoring of the patients. As for the significant risks and challenges, both qualitative findings mentioned about external and internal factors. For instance, ransomware attacks, regular uncertainties, lack of standardization, malware altering medical data, the battery draining attacks, loss of private medical information, lack of training and personnel competence illustrate the most common security risks.
On this basis, it was affirmed that there is a need to have an IoMT balanced scorecard to ensure that healthcare organizations have adequate resources to promote a sustainable cybersecurity regime for IoMT processes. Other than that, the study has recommended that it will be mandatory for healthcare organizations to fully disclose their investment and efforts around cybersecurity of IoMT for the healthcare public service benefit.