CyMed: A Framework for Testing Cybersecurity of Connected Medical Devices

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Main Authors: Scherb, Christopher, Hadayah, Adrian, Heitz, Luc Bryan
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Published: 2023
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author Scherb, Christopher
Hadayah, Adrian
Heitz, Luc Bryan
author_facet Scherb, Christopher
Hadayah, Adrian
Heitz, Luc Bryan
contents Connected Medical Devices (CMDs) have a large impact on patients as they allow them to lead a more normal life. Any malfunction could not only remove the health benefits the CMDs provide, they could also cause further harm to the patient. Due to this, there are many safety regulations which must be adhered to prior to a CMD entering the market. However, while many detailed safety regulations exist, there are a fundamental lack of cybersecurity frameworks applicable to CMDs. While there are recent regulations which aim to enforce cybersecurity practices, they are vague and do not contain the concrete steps necessary to implement cybersecurity. This paper aims to fill that gap by describing a framework, CyMed, to be used by vendors and ens-users, which contains concrete measures to improve the resilience of CMDs against cyber attack. The CyMed framework is subsequently evaluated based on practical tests as well as expert interviews.
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spellingShingle CyMed: A Framework for Testing Cybersecurity of Connected Medical Devices
Scherb, Christopher
Hadayah, Adrian
Heitz, Luc Bryan
Cryptography and Security
Computers and Society
Connected Medical Devices (CMDs) have a large impact on patients as they allow them to lead a more normal life. Any malfunction could not only remove the health benefits the CMDs provide, they could also cause further harm to the patient. Due to this, there are many safety regulations which must be adhered to prior to a CMD entering the market. However, while many detailed safety regulations exist, there are a fundamental lack of cybersecurity frameworks applicable to CMDs. While there are recent regulations which aim to enforce cybersecurity practices, they are vague and do not contain the concrete steps necessary to implement cybersecurity. This paper aims to fill that gap by describing a framework, CyMed, to be used by vendors and ens-users, which contains concrete measures to improve the resilience of CMDs against cyber attack. The CyMed framework is subsequently evaluated based on practical tests as well as expert interviews.
title CyMed: A Framework for Testing Cybersecurity of Connected Medical Devices
topic Cryptography and Security
Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.03583