Ideas and Challenges for Securing Wireless Implantable Medical Devices: A Review

• Published in: IEEE sensors journal Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 562 - 576
• Main Authors: Guanglou Zheng, Shankaran, Rajan, Orgun, Mehmet A., Li Qiao, Saleem, Kashif
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.02.2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Biomedical monitoring; Communication system security; Denial of service attacks; Electronic implants; Emergencies; Implantable medical devices (IMDs); Insulin; key distribution; Literature reviews; Medical equipment; Monitoring; Physicians; Security; security design; Threat evaluation; Tradeoffs; Wireless communication; wireless security; Wireless sensor networks

Implantable medical devices (IMDs) are normally used for monitoring and treating various medical conditions. These days, wireless modules have become an intrinsic part of many modern IMDs. So, doctors can use device programmers wirelessly to configure parameters in the IMDs. However, such a wireless...