Healthcare organizations are now implementing connected medical devices for better services to patients. But healthcare technology leaders are worried about IoT security with connected devices.
Business technology professionals survey in healthcare shows that seventy one percent are skeptical towards IoT devices.
“Emerging technologies have to be embraced,” ISACA CEO Matt Loeb said in a statement. “As the research shows, the reluctance to deploy them is linked to the need to understand and mitigate the risks of doing so. Organizations that implement a strong information and technology governance program will better understand their capabilities, which leads to more effective risk management and increased confidence in deployment of these technologies.”
The survey also mentioned that forty seven percent do not consider their organizations’ head is digitally literate.
“The resounding message from our research is clear: senior leadership needs to invest in increasing its digital fluency,” Loeb said. “Organizations with digitally fluent leadership are more clearly recognizing the benefits and risks of emerging technologies.”
The trend shows that IoT devices are there to stay even there is resistance from senior leadership.
“[IoT] can also be remotely controlled and is highly automated across existing network infrastructure, resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit in addition to reduced human intervention,” researchers stated.
The research team also mentioned that there is variety of sectors and savings due to increasing automation. As per the Deloitte poll, the biggest cyber security challenge is to identify and mitigate potential risks in legacy and connected devices.
“Legacy devices can have outdated operating systems and may be on hospital networks without proper security controls,” said Russell Jones, Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP. “Connected device cybersecurity can start in the early stages of new device development, and should extend throughout the product’s entire lifecycle; but even this can lead to a more challenging procurement process. There is no magic bullet solution.”
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