Cybersecurity for wireless implants

Authors/Creators

Guanglou Zheng, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Rajan Shankaran
Craig Valli, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Abstract

This chapter aims to conduct a comprehensive survey and analysis of IMD security challenges and potential solutions. Typical IMD products and their wireless communication modules are introduced first. Security problems of these IMDs are demonstrated by ethical hacking tests on pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and insulin pump systems. In order to develop a viable security scheme for IMDs, three critical design trade-offs are analyzed: security versus accessibility, emergency access versus checkup access, and security versus limited resources. Security schemes for the purpose of achieving each trade-off are surveyed and analysed, and their advantages and drawbacks are highlighted.

RAS ID

25658

Document Type

Book Chapter

Date of Publication

2017

Location of the Work

Bristol, UK

School

Security Research Institute

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Comments

Zheng, G., Shankaran, R., & Valli, C. (2017). Cybersecurity for wireless implants. In S. C. Mukhopadhyay & T. Islam (Ed.), Wearable sensors: Applications, design and implementation (pp. 8-27). IOP Publishing. Available here

Recommended Citation

Zheng, G., Shankaran, R., & Valli, C. (2017). Cybersecurity for wireless implants. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/5013