A review of security challenges, attacks and resolutions for wireless medical devices

Heena Rathore, Amr Mohamed, Abdulla Al-Ali, Xiaojiang Du, Mohsen Guizani

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Abstract

Evolution of implantable medical devices for human beings has provided a radical new way for treating chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiac arrhythmia, cochlear, gastric diseases etc. Implantable medical devices have provided a breakthrough in network transformation by enabling and accessing the technology on demand. However, with the advancement of these devices with respect to wireless communication and ability for outside caregiver to communicate wirelessly have increased its potential to impact the security, and breach in privacy of human beings. There are several vulnerable threats in wireless medical devices such as information harvesting, tracking the patient, impersonation, relaying attacks and denial of service attack. These threats violate confidentiality, integrity, availability properties of these devices. For securing implantable medical devices diverse solutions have been proposed ranging from machine learning techniques to hardware technologies. The present survey paper focusses on the challenges, threats and solutions pertaining to the privacy and safety issues of medical devices.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2017
Pages1495-1501
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781509043729
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Jul 2017
Event13th IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2017 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: 26 Jun 201730 Jun 2017

Publication series

Name2017 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2017

Conference

Conference13th IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2017
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period26/06/1730/06/17

Keywords

  • Privacy
  • Security
  • Wireless medical device

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