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Implantable Medical Devices: Security and Privacy for Pervasive, Wireless Healthcare

Published: April 7, 2010, 7 a.m.

Kevin Fu, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst spoke on April 7, 2010 about implantable medical devices designed to treat chronic ailments using tiny embedded computers to control therapies and collect physiological data. As implantable medical devices rapidly embrace wireless communication and Internet connectivity they will vastly improve care for chronic disease, but will also introduce new security risks. Dr. Fu discussed efforts to mitigate the risk of intentional (i.e. malicious) malfunctions.