Doctors have extensively used medical devices such as ventilators and electrocardiogram (ECG) machines to help critically ill patients. While these devices are vital for healthcare, their functionalities are vulnerable to threats, both internal and external. One such threat is the prospect of cybercriminals sneakily altering the operations of medical devices.
Robot-assisted operations were conceptualised and developed to overcome the limitations of pre-existing minimally invasive surgeries. Unfortunately, technology experts have demonstrated that surgical robots could be hacked remotely. In a life-or-death situation, malfunctioning surgical robots could prove to be fatal for patients.
An intelligent firewall resembles a regular router, but it performs several more tasks than your regular firewall. It operates through the internet traffic to scan, filter and block potentially harmful activities going on in the background. The firewall regularly notifies the network administrators about the threats that have entered their network.
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