IoMT Protect Healthcare Systems From Cyberattacks
Analytics Insight analyzes whether IoMT can protect healthcare systems from cyber attacks. The Internet of Medical Things, or IoMT, is a combination of medical devices and applications connected to various healthcare IT systems through network technology.
Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, in the healthcare system. The global healthcare IoMT market is expected to reach USD 142.45 billion. Hospitals, because hackers can’t get a lot of data. It should be mentioned that even in 2021, IoMT will not be able to protect the health system from cyber attacks. Therefore, the healthcare system can install some high-tech network security measures on IoMT equipment to ensure data security. Continuously monitor regular activities. s and abnormal activities, cloud-based network infrastructure, the combination of automation and procedures, the implementation of zero-trust access, and so on.
Therefore, IoMT can protect healthcare and our lives by connecting devices, but medical technology companies need to protect IoMT from malicious cyber attacks. The healthcare industry is growing rapidly in 2020, so the number of connected medical devices that are an integral part of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is growing rapidly. By the end of 2020, it will become part of the healthcare ecosystem, and it is estimated that at least 50 billion medical devices will be connected to the clinical system in the next 10 years. Given the breadth and severity of threats facing networked medical devices, professionals in the IoT industry must conduct effective network security management.
This rapid growth presents major opportunities for medical device manufacturers, digital health companies, healthcare providers, and patients, as software applications become an important part of the attack surface, and insecure applications may leave traces.
The industry seeks to protect the software running on medical equipment. It can be reverse-engineered to destroy the virtual health platform. However, as demonstrated last year, IoMT devices are becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks, and this fact casts a shadow over the increasing use of networked medical devices to improve patient care.
The whole industry works hard. A Mordor Intelligence report predicts that the market for connected medical devices will grow from 28 billion U.S. dollars in 2020 to 94 billion U.S. dollars in 2026. Even if security precautions are taken, healthcare companies need to continuously monitor threats, keep abreast of industry developments, and evaluate their network security.
These new IoMT devices combine smart devices, sensor technology, software, communication protocols and networks, cloud infrastructure and services, and new security requirements.
During the pandemic, the new IoMT equipment facilitates Covid19 testing, real-time monitoring and the Covid19 virus. Fast-tracking, monitoring and provision of health services. All these innovations and the use of IoMT have promoted the expansion and adaptation of network architecture, wireless local area network technology and protocols, mobile application software and cloud infrastructure, computing, storage, networking, and artificial intelligence-based data analysis and decision-making services, the Internet of Things. Specific security and data protection measures, as well as the development of IoT/IoMT standards and reference architectures.
Second, companies need to integrate multiple layers of IoMT data protection and security measures into IoMT equipment, software, infrastructure, and communication networks. On-premises and in the cloud. In terms of IoMT security and data protection and infrastructure changes, this may mean better network segmentation, zero-trust network segmentation, or complete separation of IoMT infrastructure and network.
Although these IoT reference architectures do not apply to IoMT, they can be applied to IoMT and should significantly advance the implementation of IoT and IoMT security.
The most important thing is to provide companies with world-class endpoint protection on these IoMTs. Sensory device; whether it is a laptop, tablet or smart device. Telemetry threat information from these IoMT sensors. Thus IoMT can protect healthcare system in near future.
