How secure are your health devices—stopping wearables becoming a personal and national security risk?
Wearable medical devices are becoming increasingly common in everyday life, and thus is the reliance on them, the data they generate, and the resulting treatment plans. However, recent events in the supply chains of other devices have shown the catastrophic outcomes manipulation of them can have. In this article we showcase the importance of supply chain cybersecurity for medical devices and describe measures that can mitigate these risks.
Authors
- Max Ostermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7808-2701)
- Kai Martius
- Carsten Weinhold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5124-9513)
- Stephen Gilbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-1689)
- Oscar Freyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3323-2492)
Institutions
- Infineon Technologies (Germany) (DE)
- Fresenius (Germany) (DE)
- Barkhausen Institut (DE)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Digital Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01710-2
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Wireless Body Area Networks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.70
Funders
- European Commission
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme