SECURING API’s: Best Practices and Strategies
Introduction As more and more applications are moving to the cloud, the use of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) is getting more and more popular. APIs is a great way to provide access to our resources, information and services to other applications making it easier to build complex applications with many features, but they also present […]
How to Implement a Secure Bootloader in an Embedded Device (Case Study)
Example in RT1050 EVK This is the continuation of the previous post. To test all this theory into a practical case, we are going to use and RT1050 evaluation board. As application we will use the hello_world example, as bootloader we will use the SBL (Secure Bootloader) project and to generate a signed firmware we […]
How to Implement a Secure Bootloader in an Embedded Device
IOT (Internet of Things) is quite a thing nowadays, from small home devices such as lamps or coffee machines to bigger home appliances like washing machines or refrigerators. All devices tend to be connected to internet, you can now control them when you are outside your home or get different notifications on your phone. In […]
Cyber Security Standards: IEC 81001-5-1 and IEC 60601-4-5
The aim of this article is to give an overview about the main standards which regulate the cyber security of a Medical Device, they are: IEC 80001-1: Safety, effectiveness and security in the implementation and use of connected medical devices or connected health software – Part 1: Application of risk management. IEC 81001-5-1 (not published): […]
Threat Modeling: A General Introduction
In this article, we will provide a general overview of Threat Modelling (why medical device manufacturers should use it, how it works and what the regulatory requirements are). Nowadays, Threat Modeling is a topic for all medical devices with embedded software or standalone software. This is because threat modeling is a structured process to analyse […]
D.med Software Participates in The 10th Annual Software Design for Medical Devices Conference
The 10th Annual Software Design for Medical Devices held in Frankfurt, Germany was a success as software and cybersecurity experts from all across Europe were in attendance. The event which spanned from the 13th-15th of September 2022, addressed the potential to increase development efficiency, how to accelerate software design for medical devices, how to prioritize […]
Key Concepts in Cybersecurity Within The Healthcare Industry
In the field of cybersecurity, the CIA triad has been accepted as a model for information security. It refers to three key concepts to be addressed when laying the foundations for the development of secure systems: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. The aim of this article is to analyse these three key principles in the field […]
D.med Software Participates in The 2nd Annual European Conference on Medical Devices and Diagnostic Cybersecurity
The 2nd Annual European Conference on Medical Devices and Diagnostic Cybersecurity (TT CS) held in Brussels, Belgium was a success as software and cybersecurity experts from all across Europe and North America were in attendance. The event which spanned from the 17th-18th of May 2022, addressed challenges in software development and the increasing intensity […]