TY - JOUR
T1 - Cybersecurity for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
T2 - What Should You Know?
AU - American College of Cardiology's Electrophysiology Section Leadership
AU - Baranchuk, Adrian
AU - Refaat, Marwan M.
AU - Patton, Kristen K.
AU - Chung, Mina K.
AU - Krishnan, Kousik
AU - Kutyifa, Valentina
AU - Upadhyay, Gaurav
AU - Fisher, John D.
AU - Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American College of Cardiology Foundation
PY - 2018/3/20
Y1 - 2018/3/20
N2 - Medical devices have been targets of hacking for over a decade, and this cybersecurity issue has affected many types of medical devices. Lately, the potential for hacking of cardiac devices (pacemakers and defibrillators) claimed the attention of the media, patients, and health care providers. This is a burgeoning problem that our newly electronically connected world faces. In this paper from the Electrophysiology Section Council, we briefly discuss various aspects of this relatively new threat in light of recent incidents involving the potential for hacking of cardiac devices. We explore the possible risks for the patients and the effect of device reconfiguration in an attempt to thwart cybersecurity threats. We provide an outline of what can be done to improve cybersecurity from the standpoint of the manufacturer, government, professional societies, physician, and patient.
AB - Medical devices have been targets of hacking for over a decade, and this cybersecurity issue has affected many types of medical devices. Lately, the potential for hacking of cardiac devices (pacemakers and defibrillators) claimed the attention of the media, patients, and health care providers. This is a burgeoning problem that our newly electronically connected world faces. In this paper from the Electrophysiology Section Council, we briefly discuss various aspects of this relatively new threat in light of recent incidents involving the potential for hacking of cardiac devices. We explore the possible risks for the patients and the effect of device reconfiguration in an attempt to thwart cybersecurity threats. We provide an outline of what can be done to improve cybersecurity from the standpoint of the manufacturer, government, professional societies, physician, and patient.
KW - cardiac implantable electronic devices
KW - cybersecurity
KW - hacking
KW - remote monitoring
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.023
DO - 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.023
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29475627
AN - SCOPUS:85042201418
SN - 0735-1097
VL - 71
SP - 1284
EP - 1288
JO - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
IS - 11
ER -