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The medical IoT is set to transform health care through smart medical devices; however, their success is in jeopardy if cybersecurity concerns are not addressed immediately, according to a recent report from ABI Research. According to its analysis, the market research firm believes that the millions of connected medical devices introduce dangerous new threat vectors into the health care IT infrastructure.

A top medical device security expert says a headline-grabbing report of alleged vulnerabilities in St. Jude Medical’s implantable heart devices was flawed and that the conclusions suggest a fundamental misunderstanding of the purported malfunction, according to the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

Without a doubt, health care facilities house extremely sensitive data, including information about treatments, finances, and people. And should attackers breach such data, it could lead to very negative outcomes for the patients. All hope is not lost, however, thanks to tokenization, TokenEx CEO Alex Pezold says.