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Implantable Medical Devices;
Networking Security Survey Siamak
Aram1, 2+, Rouzbeh A.
Shirvani1, Eros G. Pasero2,
and Mohamd F. Chouikha1
1Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering siamak.aram@howard.edu,
rouzbeh.asgharishir@bison.howard.edu, mchouikha@howard.edu 2Department
of Electronics and Telecommunications Polytechnic University of Turin,
Turin, Italy {siamak.aram, eros.pasero}@polito.it Abstract The industry of implantable medical devices (IMDs)
is constantly evolving, which is dictated by the pressing need to
comprehensively address new challenges in the healthcare field. Accordingly,
IMDs are becoming more and more sophisticated. Not long ago, the range of
IMDs’ technical capacities was expanded, making it possible to establish
Internet connection in case of necessity and/or emergency situation for the
patient. At the same time, while the web connectivity of today’s implantable devices
is rather advanced, the issue of equipping the IMDs with sufficiently strong
security system remains unresolved. In fact, IMDs have relatively weak
security mechanisms which render them vulnerable to cyber-attacks that
compromise the quality of IMDs’ functionalities. This study revolves around
the security deficiencies inherent to three types of sensor-based medical
devices; biosensors, insulin pump systems and implantable cardioverter
defibrillators. Manufacturers of these devices should take into consideration
that security and effectiveness of the functionality of implants is highly
dependent on the design. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of
IMDs’ architecture and specifically investigate their vulnerabilities at
networking interface. Keywords: implantable
medical devices, security, wireless sensor network +: Corresponding author: Siamak Aram
Journal of Internet Services and Information Security (JISIS), 6(3): 40-60, August 2016 [pdf] |
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