The Internet of Things (IoT), or Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT) as it’s known within the healthcare industry, is becoming a tangible reality. As it does, its running head long into a healthcare environment that is functioning within an increasingly hostile cybersecurity environment.
The convergence of these two factors was addressed recently at HIMSS16, according toHealth IT News.
Experts expect that by 2020, more than 50 billion objects will be connected to the IoT, and a full 6 billion will be connected in 2016 alone. In healthcare, these growth rates mean that every wearable sensor and home monitoring system presents a new level of vulnerability to hackers and internal threat actors. For the full article click here
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