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Connected medical devices have enabled doctors to improve patient diagnoses and treatment, remotely monitor chronic diseases and cut costs while enhancing care outcomes among many other benefits. However, the more devices that are connected means the more targets there are for attackers who want to remotely take over, reprogram and/or disable a device, steal its…

Most of today’s medical devices were built without security in mind. The level of risk posed by these devices depends on their designs and the associated clinical workflows. For instance, heart defibrillators, insulin pumps, and glucose meters can be wirelessly hijacked and reprogrammed. Other device vulnerabilities are exploited by diabetes patients who are exploring new…

Internet-of-things (IoT) security seems to be passing through various phases as a topic. It started as, “Wait, what? I need security? But why???” Frankly, we probably haven’t moved completely out of that one, but we’ve made progress. Next comes, “What does security mean?” And that continues as well. But a third phase has started, and…

IoT security and end-to-end connectivity vendor Thirdwayv has launched AppAuth software, designed to protect mission-critical IoT applications. The product’s three software modules protect IoT devices, smartphone apps, and cloud services from malware attacks and validate system commands/ components. AppAuth allows users to safely control and manage their mission-critical IoT devices in industrial, medical and infrastructure settings with their own…

Fish Fry Podcast: An interview with Thirdwayv’s Vinay Gokhale on the biggest hurdles in IoT security today and how the company is using software innovation to fill the gap between silicon and demanding applications. Host Amelia Dalton paraphrases Simon and Garfunkel: “Hello security, my old friend, I’ve come to design with you again, because a…

Thirdwayv, a leading provider of end-to-end connectivity and security solutions for IoT applications, today announced it has added AppAuth ™ software to its growing suite of patented products that provide essential layers of security-by-design protection in a wide variety of mission-critical commercial and enterprise Internet of Thing (IoT) applications. Consisting of three software modules that bring trust…

Thirdwayv, a leading provider of end-to-end connectivity and security solutions for Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that its SecureConnectivity™ software platform for safety-critical applications is included in a commercialized medical device that was cleared by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in June 2018. The SecureConnectivity platform is applicable to a wide variety of…